Fertility in South Africa, 2100

South Africa
2100
Total fertility rate: 1.74
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2100 2070, 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

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-5 -1   2100  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South Africa is projected at 1.74 children per woman in 2100 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (95 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.3 years old. In total, 1,102,124 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.74
Births
1,102,124
Births per 1,000 people
11.7
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
94,314,448
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%847
15-1916.24.6%46,369
20-2469.019.8%212,926
25-2994.627.1%304,383
30-3475.421.6%241,287
35-3965.418.7%207,085
40-4426.27.5%81,773
45-492.40.7%7,346
50-540.00.0%109