Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2027

South Africa
2027
Total fertility rate: 2.15
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 2.15 children per woman in 2027 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 1,162,164 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.15
Births
1,162,164
Births per 1,000 people
17.6
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
66,143,022
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%2,715
15-1951.812.0%140,227
20-24110.625.7%292,073
25-29101.223.5%267,061
30-3478.018.1%221,345
35-3960.214.0%168,753
40-4424.85.8%63,505
45-493.10.7%6,391
50-540.10.0%92