Fertility in South Africa, 2009

South Africa
2009
Total fertility rate: 2.50
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 South Africa was 2.50 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (122 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,178,323 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.50
Births
1,178,323
Births per 1,000 people
22.8
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
51,728,516
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
10-140.80.2%1,980
15-1957.111.4%154,981
20-24111.822.3%320,027
25-29121.924.3%297,600
30-34119.823.9%245,679
35-3967.113.4%121,689
40-4420.34.0%32,447
45-492.70.5%3,839
50-540.10.0%80