Fertility in Southern Africa, 2013

Southern Africa
2013
Total fertility rate: 2.53
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 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   2013  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa was 2.53 children per woman in 2013 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (118 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 1,420,715 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.53
Births
1,420,715
Births per 1,000 people
22.8
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
62,258,476
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
10-140.80.2%2,234
15-1966.113.0%198,360
20-24117.923.2%373,681
25-29114.222.5%360,850
30-34105.420.7%270,486
35-3978.015.3%166,655
40-4423.14.5%43,277
45-493.10.6%5,084
50-540.10.0%86