Fertility in South Africa, 2040

South Africa
2040
Total fertility rate: 1.98
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2040 2010, 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

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-5 -1   2040  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.98 children per woman in 2040 — 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 28.4 years old. In total, 1,128,321 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.98
Births
1,128,321
Births per 1,000 people
15.2
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
74,035,624
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%2,978
15-1947.011.8%140,067
20-24107.527.1%318,212
25-2991.823.1%265,907
30-3461.915.6%179,007
35-3957.414.5%143,782
40-4427.26.8%70,004
45-493.10.8%8,223
50-540.10.0%141