Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2081

South Africa
2081
Total fertility rate: 1.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2081  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.77 children per woman in 2081 — 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, 1,112,138 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.77
Births
1,112,138
Births per 1,000 people
12.4
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
89,944,244
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%1,949
15-1925.77.3%74,255
20-2486.624.5%269,217
25-2988.425.0%286,356
30-3458.216.5%187,633
35-3960.817.2%191,854
40-4430.28.6%91,958
45-493.00.8%8,754
50-540.10.0%162