Fertility in South Africa, 2000

South Africa
2000
Total fertility rate: 2.41
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa was 2.41 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (118 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 1,017,081 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.41
Births
1,017,081
Births per 1,000 people
21.6
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
47,159,719
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
10-141.30.3%3,735
15-1967.414.0%181,864
20-24118.124.5%275,691
25-29116.124.1%247,552
30-3492.719.2%174,049
35-3959.012.2%97,941
40-4422.84.7%31,224
45-494.61.0%4,875
50-540.20.0%150