Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2075

South Africa
2075
Total fertility rate: 1.78
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2075  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.78 children per woman in 2075 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (91 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.3 years old. In total, 1,115,172 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.78
Births
1,115,172
Births per 1,000 people
12.6
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
88,323,147
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
10-140.80.2%2,362
15-1928.98.1%83,788
20-2491.225.5%283,555
25-2987.224.4%283,026
30-3455.415.5%176,616
35-3959.516.7%183,546
40-4430.78.6%92,946
45-493.10.9%9,154
50-540.10.0%177