Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2073

South Africa
2073
Total fertility rate: 1.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2073  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.79 children per woman in 2073 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (93 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 1,116,802 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.79
Births
1,116,802
Births per 1,000 people
12.7
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
87,766,053
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
10-140.90.2%2,496
15-1930.08.4%86,959
20-2492.525.8%288,120
25-2986.924.3%281,581
30-3454.715.3%172,893
35-3959.116.5%181,883
40-4430.78.6%93,418
45-493.10.9%9,266
50-540.10.0%184