Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Sudan, 2042

South Sudan
2042
Total fertility rate: 2.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of South Sudan is projected at 2.80 children per woman in 2042 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (151 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.6 years old. In total, 398,424 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.80
Births
398,424
Births per 1,000 people
24.0
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
16,593,363
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
10-146.91.2%5,940
15-1979.814.2%61,350
20-24151.227.0%104,879
25-29118.221.1%87,211
30-3498.117.5%76,499
35-3968.812.3%45,667
40-4430.75.5%14,661
45-496.61.2%2,078
50-540.50.1%135