Fertility in South Africa, 2016

South Africa
2016
Total fertility rate: 2.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa was 2.26 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (106 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 1,160,623 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.26
Births
1,160,623
Births per 1,000 people
20.3
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
57,259,551
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%2,000
15-1961.613.6%152,601
20-24105.623.2%290,339
25-29100.622.1%286,049
30-3491.720.2%242,000
35-3966.914.7%139,364
40-4424.65.4%44,007
45-492.70.6%4,244
50-540.00.0%19