Fertility in South Africa, 2015

South Africa
2015
Total fertility rate: 2.36
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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   2015  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa was 2.36 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 1,191,603 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.36
Births
1,191,603
Births per 1,000 people
21.0
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
56,723,537
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
10-141.00.2%2,261
15-1968.014.3%171,513
20-24109.723.1%299,907
25-29104.222.0%293,870
30-3494.920.0%237,536
35-3970.915.0%142,469
40-4422.94.8%40,059
45-492.60.5%3,967
50-540.00.0%20