Fertility in Sudan, 2009

Sudan
2009
Total fertility rate: 5.17
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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   2009  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sudan was 5.17 children per woman in 2009 — 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, 1,316,518 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.17
Births
1,316,518
Births per 1,000 people
38.1
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
34,569,113
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
10-145.60.5%12,248
15-1989.88.7%170,770
20-24207.420.0%330,987
25-29240.023.2%324,233
30-34220.621.3%243,402
35-39162.915.7%154,571
40-4480.17.7%62,543
45-4926.72.6%16,914
50-541.70.2%850