Fertility in South Sudan, 2018

South Sudan
2018
Total fertility rate: 4.37
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 4.37 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (198 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 294,258 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.37
Births
294,258
Births per 1,000 people
29.1
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
10,122,977
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
10-1410.81.2%7,658
15-19101.211.6%54,882
20-24197.922.8%67,362
25-29183.921.2%53,547
30-34157.918.2%44,501
35-39121.714.0%39,615
40-4470.88.1%20,869
45-4923.42.7%5,548
50-541.60.2%275