Fertility in South Africa, 2013

South Africa
2013
Total fertility rate: 2.43
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 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

Year

-5 -1   2013  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of South Africa was 2.43 children per woman in 2013 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 1,197,126 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.43
Births
1,197,126
Births per 1,000 people
21.9
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
54,678,792
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
10-140.70.1%1,688
15-1964.613.3%167,276
20-24110.922.7%305,634
25-29109.422.4%305,439
30-34102.020.9%231,590
35-3976.215.6%145,787
40-4421.14.3%35,803
45-492.60.5%3,863
50-540.00.0%43