Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sudan, 1979

Sudan
1979
Total fertility rate: 6.65
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sudan was 6.65 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (317 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 740,836 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.65
Births
740,836
Births per 1,000 people
45.3
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.51
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
16,355,352
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
10-1411.60.9%12,008
15-19120.79.1%103,052
20-24274.920.7%198,443
25-29316.623.8%186,964
30-34279.021.0%129,832
35-39190.914.3%70,824
40-44100.07.5%30,441
45-4934.82.6%8,777
50-542.40.2%497