Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2063

South Africa
2063
Total fertility rate: 1.82
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2063  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.82 children per woman in 2063 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (98 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 1,124,860 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.82
Births
1,124,860
Births per 1,000 people
13.3
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
84,556,165
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%2,883
15-1935.19.6%102,199
20-2498.226.9%299,970
25-2986.023.6%270,002
30-3453.014.5%166,128
35-3957.415.7%179,165
40-4430.68.4%95,513
45-493.30.9%8,835
50-540.10.0%168