Fertility in Southern Africa, 2005

Southern Africa
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.62
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Southern Africa was 2.62 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,323,806 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.62
Births
1,323,806
Births per 1,000 people
23.5
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
56,328,588
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
10-140.60.1%1,971
15-1951.89.9%171,065
20-24124.423.7%375,856
25-29137.326.2%345,173
30-34116.822.3%257,331
35-3962.111.8%120,119
40-4426.95.1%46,222
45-494.10.8%5,862
50-540.20.0%213