Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2042

South Africa
2042
Total fertility rate: 1.97
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.97 children per woman in 2042 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (107 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 1,137,658 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.97
Births
1,137,658
Births per 1,000 people
15.1
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
75,111,901
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%2,954
15-1945.711.6%133,101
20-24107.227.2%335,568
25-2991.023.1%262,806
30-3460.315.3%175,560
35-3957.414.6%151,051
40-4427.67.0%68,410
45-493.10.8%8,061
50-540.10.0%145