Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sudan, 1956

Sudan
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sudan was 6.68 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (301 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 355,311 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.68
Births
355,311
Births per 1,000 people
48.0
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
7,401,592
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
10-1424.51.8%10,894
15-19173.313.0%65,458
20-24253.418.9%81,733
25-29301.122.5%82,882
30-34272.920.4%63,443
35-39184.913.8%33,631
40-4493.47.0%13,180
45-4932.32.4%3,874
50-542.20.2%216