Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2046

South Africa
2046
Total fertility rate: 1.93
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2046  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.93 children per woman in 2046 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (106 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.5 years old. In total, 1,150,021 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.93
Births
1,150,021
Births per 1,000 people
14.9
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
77,199,548
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%2,914
15-1943.911.3%126,062
20-24106.127.4%330,563
25-2989.923.2%283,668
30-3457.614.9%164,279
35-3956.914.7%162,307
40-4429.07.5%72,493
45-493.10.8%7,588
50-540.10.0%149