Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2038

South Africa
2038
Total fertility rate: 2.00
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2038  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 2.00 children per woman in 2038 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (108 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 1,123,447 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.00
Births
1,123,447
Births per 1,000 people
15.4
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
72,949,617
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%3,001
15-1947.211.8%141,251
20-24108.327.0%305,592
25-2992.923.2%272,862
30-3463.815.9%176,944
35-3957.514.4%144,118
40-4426.86.7%71,329
45-493.10.8%8,214
50-540.10.0%137