Fertility in South Africa, 2029

South Africa
2029
Total fertility rate: 2.12
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 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   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 2.12 children per woman in 2029 — 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, 1,152,475 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.12
Births
1,152,475
Births per 1,000 people
17.1
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
67,506,849
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%2,670
15-1951.212.1%136,932
20-24110.426.0%308,973
25-2999.523.4%256,537
30-3474.717.6%205,641
35-3959.514.0%168,146
40-4425.25.9%66,497
45-493.10.7%6,977
50-540.10.0%99