Fertility in South Sudan, 2022

South Sudan
2022
Total fertility rate: 3.96
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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   2022  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Sudan was 3.96 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (187 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 320,345 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.96
Births
320,345
Births per 1,000 people
29.1
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
11,021,178
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
10-1410.61.3%8,358
15-1998.612.5%66,661
20-24186.723.6%92,308
25-29167.121.1%55,419
30-34143.218.1%41,162
35-39106.913.5%32,334
40-4459.07.5%18,901
45-4917.62.2%4,946
50-541.20.1%255