Fertility in Sudan, 2005

Sudan
2005
Total fertility rate: 5.40
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sudan was 5.40 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (246 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 1,238,372 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.40
Births
1,238,372
Births per 1,000 people
39.6
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
31,262,444
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
10-148.10.7%16,237
15-1999.99.3%169,312
20-24213.819.8%306,690
25-29245.622.7%290,819
30-34230.621.4%233,831
35-39172.716.0%147,818
40-4481.57.5%58,198
45-4926.12.4%14,780
50-541.70.2%687