Fertility in South Sudan, 2025

South Sudan
2025
Total fertility rate: 3.71
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2025 1995, 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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-5 -1   2025  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Sudan is projected at 3.71 children per woman in 2025 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (180 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.5 years old. In total, 357,711 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.71
Births
357,711
Births per 1,000 people
29.3
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
12,188,788
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
10-1410.81.5%8,741
15-1995.412.9%73,656
20-24179.824.2%115,270
25-29157.021.2%66,815
30-34132.817.9%42,900
35-3999.113.4%28,368
40-4451.46.9%17,093
45-4914.72.0%4,618
50-541.00.1%251