Fertility in South Africa, 2070

South Africa
2070
Total fertility rate: 1.80
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2070 2040, 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   2070  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.80 children per woman in 2070 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (94 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 1,118,425 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.80
Births
1,118,425
Births per 1,000 people
12.9
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
86,857,023
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
10-140.90.3%2,690
15-1931.68.8%91,617
20-2494.426.2%294,318
25-2986.624.1%277,374
30-3453.915.0%168,468
35-3958.616.3%180,365
40-4430.88.6%93,981
45-493.10.9%9,438
50-540.10.0%176