Fertility in Sudan, 2001

Sudan
2001
Total fertility rate: 5.56
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sudan was 5.56 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (252 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 1,159,198 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.56
Births
1,159,198
Births per 1,000 people
40.7
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
28,516,770
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
10-149.40.8%16,886
15-19107.09.6%163,463
20-24217.919.6%276,517
25-29251.922.6%270,204
30-34244.422.0%227,221
35-39173.515.6%137,929
40-4481.47.3%53,670
45-4926.12.3%12,757
50-541.70.2%553