Fertility in South Africa, 2045

South Africa
2045
Total fertility rate: 1.94
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2045 2015, 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

Year

-5 -1   2045  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.94 children per woman in 2045 — 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, 1,148,712 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.94
Births
1,148,712
Births per 1,000 people
15.0
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
76,681,450
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%2,922
15-1944.311.4%127,908
20-24106.627.4%335,885
25-2990.323.2%275,933
30-3458.215.0%166,756
35-3957.014.6%161,504
40-4428.67.4%69,934
45-493.10.8%7,718
50-540.10.0%148