Fertility in South Africa, 2019

South Africa
2019
Total fertility rate: 2.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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   2019  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa was 2.26 children per woman in 2019 — 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 28.4 years old. In total, 1,173,511 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.26
Births
1,173,511
Births per 1,000 people
19.7
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
59,587,885
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
10-140.90.2%2,362
15-1953.311.7%127,811
20-24113.425.0%299,964
25-29106.223.4%296,621
30-3487.919.3%242,634
35-3964.014.1%150,210
40-4426.15.7%49,438
45-492.70.6%4,432
50-540.00.0%35