Fertility in South Sudan, 2023

South Sudan
2023
Total fertility rate: 3.86
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Sudan was 3.86 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (184 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 328,308 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.86
Births
328,308
Births per 1,000 people
28.6
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.59
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
11,483,374
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
10-1410.71.4%8,501
15-1997.112.6%68,118
20-24183.823.9%99,871
25-29163.021.2%57,251
30-34139.118.0%41,842
35-39103.313.4%29,581
40-4456.17.3%18,139
45-4916.52.1%4,759
50-541.10.1%250