Fertility in South Africa, 2020

South Africa
2020
Total fertility rate: 2.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa was 2.26 children per woman in 2020 — 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, 1,182,285 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.26
Births
1,182,285
Births per 1,000 people
19.5
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
60,562,381
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%2,666
15-1951.611.4%125,169
20-24113.225.0%298,413
25-29106.423.5%300,164
30-3487.419.3%242,688
35-3963.814.1%157,159
40-4426.35.8%51,429
45-492.70.6%4,554
50-540.00.0%44