Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2048

South Africa
2048
Total fertility rate: 1.91
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2048  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.91 children per woman in 2048 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (105 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.5 years old. In total, 1,148,332 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.91
Births
1,148,332
Births per 1,000 people
14.7
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
78,215,322
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%2,900
15-1942.811.2%122,396
20-24105.227.4%324,515
25-2988.523.1%288,508
30-3456.514.7%163,123
35-3956.714.8%161,394
40-4429.47.7%77,969
45-493.10.8%7,383
50-540.10.0%146