Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2028

South Africa
2028
Total fertility rate: 2.13
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 2.13 children per woman in 2028 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 1,156,824 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.13
Births
1,156,824
Births per 1,000 people
17.3
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
66,830,384
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%2,686
15-1951.512.0%138,776
20-24110.425.8%301,123
25-29100.323.5%260,355
30-3476.317.8%213,406
35-3959.914.0%168,632
40-4425.05.8%65,069
45-493.10.7%6,681
50-540.10.0%95