Fertility in South Africa, 2022

South Africa
2022
Total fertility rate: 2.23
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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   2022  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa was 2.23 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (112 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 1,190,146 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.23
Births
1,190,146
Births per 1,000 people
19.1
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
62,378,410
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%2,788
15-1951.711.6%130,632
20-24111.825.1%289,708
25-29105.923.8%302,794
30-3486.019.3%244,751
35-3962.013.9%162,431
40-4424.25.4%51,957
45-492.90.7%5,006
50-540.10.0%82