Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2037

South Africa
2037
Total fertility rate: 2.02
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2037  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 2.02 children per woman in 2037 — 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, 1,122,510 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.02
Births
1,122,510
Births per 1,000 people
15.5
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
72,387,814
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
10-141.00.3%2,996
15-1946.911.7%139,005
20-24108.727.0%303,748
25-2993.523.2%275,638
30-3464.816.1%174,231
35-3957.714.3%146,672
40-4426.66.6%71,914
45-493.10.8%8,172
50-540.10.0%133