Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South Africa, 2098

South Africa
2098
Total fertility rate: 1.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2098  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.74 children per woman in 2098 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (94 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.2 years old. In total, 1,101,224 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.74
Births
1,101,224
Births per 1,000 people
11.7
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
93,893,514
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
10-140.30.1%942
15-1917.14.9%48,983
20-2471.120.3%219,263
25-2993.726.8%301,733
30-3472.920.9%233,324
35-3964.918.6%205,707
40-4426.77.7%83,596
45-492.50.7%7,561
50-540.00.0%115