Fertility in Southern Africa, 1961

Southern Africa
1961
Total fertility rate: 6.10
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa was 6.10 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (289 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 772,344 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.10
Births
772,344
Births per 1,000 people
40.3
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
19,151,132
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
10-145.60.5%6,351
15-1981.06.6%76,356
20-24264.321.7%201,972
25-29288.823.7%189,160
30-34243.120.0%139,929
35-39189.815.6%96,018
40-44114.79.4%50,905
45-4929.12.4%11,076
50-541.80.2%577