Fertility in South Sudan, 2015

South Sudan
2015
Total fertility rate: 4.70
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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 4.70 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (206 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 393,286 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.70
Births
393,286
Births per 1,000 people
35.4
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.45
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
11,107,562
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
10-1411.31.2%7,618
15-19106.811.4%56,303
20-24206.222.0%94,797
25-29197.121.0%79,585
30-34172.118.3%72,317
35-39133.714.2%50,699
40-4481.08.6%25,107
45-4928.43.0%6,533
50-541.90.2%330