Fertility in Southern Africa, 2008

Southern Africa
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.76
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa was 2.76 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (135 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 1,454,659 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.76
Births
1,454,659
Births per 1,000 people
25.0
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
58,176,257
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
10-140.70.1%2,215
15-1958.810.6%187,373
20-24125.922.7%409,019
25-29135.224.4%362,023
30-34132.523.9%300,175
35-3972.313.0%143,877
40-4425.54.6%44,652
45-493.30.6%5,192
50-540.10.0%133