Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2054

South Africa
2054
Total fertility rate: 1.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2054  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.87 children per woman in 2054 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (103 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.6 years old. In total, 1,137,402 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.87
Births
1,137,402
Births per 1,000 people
14.0
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
80,994,204
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%2,912
15-1939.910.6%112,744
20-24103.027.5%312,704
25-2987.123.2%277,405
30-3454.214.5%175,774
35-3956.915.2%164,694
40-4429.77.9%82,336
45-493.30.9%8,693
50-540.10.0%142