Fertility in South Africa, 2035

South Africa
2035
Total fertility rate: 2.04
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2035 2005, 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   2035  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 2.04 children per woman in 2035 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (109 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 1,125,172 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.04
Births
1,125,172
Births per 1,000 people
15.8
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
71,234,752
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
10-141.10.3%3,162
15-1947.311.6%132,214
20-24109.326.9%306,866
25-2995.023.3%278,220
30-3466.916.4%171,107
35-3958.014.2%153,249
40-4426.36.5%72,253
45-493.10.8%7,972
50-540.10.0%128