Fertility in South Africa, 2017

South Africa
2017
Total fertility rate: 2.28
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa was 2.28 children per woman in 2017 — 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 28.5 years old. In total, 1,154,876 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.28
Births
1,154,876
Births per 1,000 people
20.0
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
57,635,162
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
10-140.70.2%1,819
15-1956.012.2%133,420
20-24110.124.0%291,300
25-29104.222.7%288,219
30-3492.220.1%247,183
35-3966.114.4%140,810
40-4426.55.8%47,666
45-492.80.6%4,435
50-540.00.0%26