Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Sudan, 2044

South Sudan
2044
Total fertility rate: 2.72
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2044  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of South Sudan is projected at 2.72 children per woman in 2044 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (148 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.6 years old. In total, 395,439 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.72
Births
395,439
Births per 1,000 people
23.2
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
17,060,174
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
10-146.61.2%5,834
15-1978.014.3%62,797
20-24148.327.2%106,773
25-29115.521.2%79,446
30-3495.317.5%75,168
35-3966.412.2%47,067
40-4428.65.2%16,030
45-496.21.1%2,190
50-540.50.1%135