Fertility in Sudan, 2008

Sudan
2008
Total fertility rate: 5.21
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2008  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sudan was 5.21 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (240 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 1,290,879 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.21
Births
1,290,879
Births per 1,000 people
38.4
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
33,623,980
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
10-146.20.6%13,320
15-1991.88.8%169,088
20-24208.820.0%324,411
25-29239.823.0%315,203
30-34222.021.3%237,761
35-39165.815.9%153,460
40-4480.27.7%60,702
45-4926.52.5%16,131
50-541.70.2%800