Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2033

South Africa
2033
Total fertility rate: 2.06
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2033  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 2.06 children per woman in 2033 — 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, 1,132,757 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.06
Births
1,132,757
Births per 1,000 people
16.2
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
70,040,481
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%3,009
15-1948.811.8%129,848
20-24109.726.6%312,519
25-2996.823.4%271,807
30-3469.116.7%176,923
35-3958.414.1%159,628
40-4426.06.3%71,181
45-493.10.7%7,723
50-540.10.0%117