Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2085

South Africa
2085
Total fertility rate: 1.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2085  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.76 children per woman in 2085 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (90 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.7 years old. In total, 1,111,675 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.76
Births
1,111,675
Births per 1,000 people
12.2
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
90,957,536
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
10-140.60.2%1,688
15-1923.76.7%68,077
20-2483.523.7%258,860
25-2989.525.4%289,971
30-3460.817.2%195,698
35-3961.817.5%196,644
40-4429.88.4%92,042
45-492.90.8%8,545
50-540.10.0%150