Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2043

South Africa
2043
Total fertility rate: 1.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2043  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.96 children per woman in 2043 — 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, 1,142,338 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.96
Births
1,142,338
Births per 1,000 people
15.1
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
75,641,513
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%2,945
15-1945.311.6%131,627
20-24107.127.3%338,557
25-2990.823.2%264,768
30-3459.615.2%172,849
35-3957.314.6%155,578
40-4427.87.1%67,930
45-493.10.8%7,938
50-540.10.0%147