Fertility in South Africa, 2010

South Africa
2010
Total fertility rate: 2.44
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa was 2.44 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 1,160,896 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.44
Births
1,160,896
Births per 1,000 people
22.2
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
52,344,051
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%1,507
15-1953.610.9%143,462
20-24107.321.9%304,637
25-29118.924.3%303,661
30-34115.823.6%240,403
35-3971.514.6%130,877
40-4420.04.1%32,354
45-492.70.6%3,913
50-540.10.0%79