Fertility in Southern Africa, 2009

Southern Africa
2009
Total fertility rate: 2.60
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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   2009  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa was 2.60 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (126 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,391,843 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.60
Births
1,391,843
Births per 1,000 people
23.6
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
58,882,619
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
10-140.90.2%2,562
15-1959.811.5%188,066
20-24118.622.7%386,712
25-29125.724.1%349,037
30-34121.323.2%279,843
35-3969.913.4%140,373
40-4422.64.3%40,000
45-493.20.6%5,113
50-540.10.0%128