Fertility in South Sudan, 2019

South Sudan
2019
Total fertility rate: 4.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 4.26 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (195 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 306,667 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.26
Births
306,667
Births per 1,000 people
29.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
10,423,384
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
10-1410.71.3%7,865
15-19101.111.9%59,868
20-24194.722.9%74,268
25-29179.221.1%55,766
30-34153.818.1%43,381
35-39117.913.9%39,058
40-4467.78.0%20,730
45-4921.82.6%5,462
50-541.50.2%271