Fertility in South Africa, 2060

South Africa
2060
Total fertility rate: 1.84
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2060 2030, 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

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-5 -1   2060  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.84 children per woman in 2060 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (100 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 1,130,739 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.84
Births
1,130,739
Births per 1,000 people
13.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
83,443,514
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%2,936
15-1936.710.0%105,649
20-24100.027.1%302,465
25-2986.223.4%271,359
30-3453.114.4%167,716
35-3957.115.5%181,696
40-4430.98.4%90,232
45-493.20.9%8,521
50-540.10.0%167