Fertility in South Sudan, 2021

South Sudan
2021
Total fertility rate: 4.05
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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

Year

-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Sudan was 4.05 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (189 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 322,632 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.05
Births
322,632
Births per 1,000 people
29.7
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
10,865,780
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%8,211
15-1999.512.3%65,742
20-24188.623.3%88,009
25-29170.521.1%57,086
30-34146.518.1%42,507
35-39110.413.7%35,838
40-4461.67.6%19,815
45-4918.82.3%5,162
50-541.30.2%261