Fertility in South Africa, 2047

South Africa
2047
Total fertility rate: 1.92
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2047 2017, 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   2047  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.92 children per woman in 2047 — 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, 1,149,967 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.92
Births
1,149,967
Births per 1,000 people
14.8
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
77,716,655
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%2,906
15-1943.411.2%124,250
20-24105.627.4%326,339
25-2989.323.2%288,406
30-3457.014.8%162,969
35-3956.814.7%162,121
40-4429.37.6%75,379
45-493.10.8%7,451
50-540.10.0%149