Fertility in South Africa, 2008

South Africa
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.68
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 South Africa was 2.68 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 1,243,597 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.68
Births
1,243,597
Births per 1,000 people
24.3
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
51,114,598
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
10-140.60.1%1,594
15-1955.710.4%153,495
20-24120.022.3%342,895
25-29132.524.7%311,847
30-34132.424.6%267,357
35-3969.813.0%125,388
40-4423.44.4%37,031
45-492.80.5%3,907
50-540.10.0%85