Fertility in South Sudan, 2017

South Sudan
2017
Total fertility rate: 4.48
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of South Sudan was 4.48 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (201 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 336,518 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.48
Births
336,518
Births per 1,000 people
32.8
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
10,259,154
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
10-1411.01.2%7,654
15-19102.811.5%55,307
20-24201.022.5%78,822
25-29189.021.2%64,806
30-34162.818.2%56,328
35-39125.714.1%44,590
40-4474.18.3%22,720
45-4925.22.8%5,996
50-541.70.2%298