Fertility in Southern Africa, 2017

Southern Africa
2017
Total fertility rate: 2.39
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa was 2.39 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (117 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,380,414 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.39
Births
1,380,414
Births per 1,000 people
21.0
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
65,724,067
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%2,319
15-1958.112.1%162,715
20-24116.624.3%356,181
25-29109.622.8%345,951
30-3495.819.9%288,514
35-3968.614.3%163,778
40-4427.75.8%55,220
45-493.20.7%5,661
50-540.00.0%72