Fertility in Southern Africa, 2016

Southern Africa
2016
Total fertility rate: 2.38
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa was 2.38 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 1,386,619 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.38
Births
1,386,619
Births per 1,000 people
21.3
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
65,213,469
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%2,512
15-1963.113.2%182,449
20-24112.723.6%356,333
25-29106.322.3%343,243
30-3495.520.0%282,843
35-3969.414.5%161,983
40-4426.25.5%51,713
45-493.10.7%5,479
50-540.00.0%64