Fertility in South Sudan, 2013

South Sudan
2013
Total fertility rate: 4.94
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 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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The total fertility rate of South Sudan was 4.94 children per woman in 2013 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (213 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 427,613 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.94
Births
427,613
Births per 1,000 people
38.3
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
11,166,276
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
10-1412.01.2%7,590
15-19111.811.3%58,399
20-24212.521.5%104,147
25-29205.920.8%90,672
30-34181.918.4%80,040
35-39142.814.4%53,563
40-4488.79.0%26,015
45-4931.83.2%6,831
50-542.20.2%353