Fertility in South Sudan, 2010

South Sudan
2010
Total fertility rate: 5.32
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Sudan was 5.32 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (221 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 388,645 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.32
Births
388,645
Births per 1,000 people
39.9
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
9,745,954
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-1413.61.3%7,437
15-19115.110.8%53,566
20-24221.420.8%86,304
25-29221.120.8%89,793
30-34196.818.5%73,128
35-39156.914.7%48,371
40-44100.49.4%23,279
45-4936.73.4%6,427
50-542.60.2%343