Fertility in South Africa, 2080

South Africa
2080
Total fertility rate: 1.77
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2080 2050, 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

Year

-5 -1   2080  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.77 children per woman in 2080 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (88 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.5 years old. In total, 1,112,245 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.77
Births
1,112,245
Births per 1,000 people
12.4
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
89,674,092
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
10-140.70.2%2,018
15-1926.37.4%75,855
20-2487.424.7%271,637
25-2988.224.9%285,543
30-3457.616.3%185,886
35-3960.617.1%190,334
40-4430.38.6%91,986
45-493.00.8%8,821
50-540.10.0%165