Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2074

South Africa
2074
Total fertility rate: 1.78
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2074  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.78 children per woman in 2074 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (92 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.3 years old. In total, 1,115,758 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.78
Births
1,115,758
Births per 1,000 people
12.7
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
88,046,049
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%2,430
15-1929.58.2%85,363
20-2491.825.7%285,766
25-2987.124.4%282,360
30-3455.115.4%174,668
35-3959.316.6%182,598
40-4430.78.6%93,179
45-493.10.9%9,213
50-540.10.0%183