Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2031

South Africa
2031
Total fertility rate: 2.09
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2031  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 2.09 children per woman in 2031 — below 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, 1,140,828 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.09
Births
1,140,828
Births per 1,000 people
16.6
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
68,798,580
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%2,779
15-1950.312.0%132,460
20-24109.926.3%314,624
25-2998.123.4%259,569
30-3471.617.1%189,874
35-3958.814.1%164,920
40-4425.66.1%69,068
45-493.10.7%7,427
50-540.10.0%109