Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sudan, 1978

Sudan
1978
Total fertility rate: 6.72
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Year

-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sudan was 6.72 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (318 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 706,312 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.72
Births
706,312
Births per 1,000 people
45.0
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
15,695,002
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
10-1411.80.9%11,758
15-19124.19.2%100,576
20-24281.420.9%189,710
25-29318.223.7%173,474
30-34280.720.9%123,445
35-39189.514.1%67,896
40-44101.17.5%30,243
45-4934.82.6%8,715
50-542.40.2%495