Fertility in Southern Africa, 1980

Southern Africa
1980
Total fertility rate: 4.93
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa was 4.93 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (242 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 1,191,428 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.93
Births
1,191,428
Births per 1,000 people
35.6
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
33,440,942
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
10-146.40.6%12,671
15-1993.99.5%158,947
20-24227.323.0%331,595
25-29242.124.5%300,907
30-34192.719.5%208,559
35-39123.412.5%109,738
40-4480.68.2%57,024
45-4919.21.9%11,377
50-541.20.1%615