Fertility in South Africa, 2018

South Africa
2018
Total fertility rate: 2.27
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa was 2.27 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,163,460 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.27
Births
1,163,460
Births per 1,000 people
19.9
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
58,613,001
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%1,879
15-1951.411.3%122,767
20-24112.824.7%298,385
25-29105.723.2%293,519
30-3490.419.8%246,966
35-3965.314.3%145,924
40-4426.95.9%49,592
45-492.70.6%4,391
50-540.00.0%32