Fertility in Sudan, 2017

Sudan
2017
Total fertility rate: 4.76
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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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The total fertility rate of Sudan was 4.76 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (231 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 1,495,973 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.76
Births
1,495,973
Births per 1,000 people
35.0
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
42,714,306
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
10-142.80.3%7,633
15-1975.98.0%178,838
20-24192.020.2%387,457
25-29230.624.2%379,268
30-34207.121.7%283,095
35-39150.115.8%173,297
40-4469.47.3%66,172
45-4923.42.5%19,235
50-541.50.2%978