Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2032

South Africa
2032
Total fertility rate: 2.07
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2032  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 2.07 children per woman in 2032 — 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, 1,136,735 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.07
Births
1,136,735
Births per 1,000 people
16.4
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
69,426,439
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%2,890
15-1949.711.9%130,804
20-24109.826.4%314,158
25-2997.523.4%265,574
30-3470.316.9%182,868
35-3958.614.1%162,482
40-4425.86.2%70,258
45-493.10.7%7,589
50-540.10.0%112