Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sudan, 1997

Sudan
1997
Total fertility rate: 5.72
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sudan was 5.72 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (260 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 1,074,419 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.72
Births
1,074,419
Births per 1,000 people
41.6
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
25,799,821
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
10-148.40.7%13,587
15-19104.89.2%142,537
20-24224.419.6%252,458
25-29259.522.7%257,405
30-34257.622.5%219,785
35-39177.115.5%129,440
40-4484.07.3%48,221
45-4927.02.4%10,518
50-541.80.2%465