Fertility in South Africa, 1980

South Africa
1980
Total fertility rate: 4.78
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa was 4.78 children per woman in 1980 — 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 29.0 years old. In total, 1,023,204 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.78
Births
1,023,204
Births per 1,000 people
34.7
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
29,518,857
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
10-146.50.7%11,320
15-1989.39.3%132,351
20-24223.023.3%285,468
25-29239.925.1%263,264
30-34187.619.6%181,189
35-39115.712.1%92,304
40-4476.38.0%47,881
45-4917.11.8%8,939
50-541.10.1%489