Fertility in South Sudan, 2020

South Sudan
2020
Total fertility rate: 4.16
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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 4.16 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (192 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 314,978 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.16
Births
314,978
Births per 1,000 people
29.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
10,698,467
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%8,043
15-19100.612.1%63,283
20-24191.923.1%80,932
25-29175.121.1%56,192
30-34150.518.1%42,769
35-39114.413.8%37,793
40-4464.87.8%20,362
45-4920.32.4%5,336
50-541.40.2%268