Fertility in Southern Africa, 2018

Southern Africa
2018
Total fertility rate: 2.37
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa was 2.37 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,388,534 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.37
Births
1,388,534
Births per 1,000 people
20.8
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
66,842,000
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%2,388
15-1954.211.4%152,255
20-24118.624.9%362,272
25-29110.623.2%351,092
30-3493.919.7%288,355
35-3967.714.2%169,279
40-4428.05.9%57,204
45-493.10.7%5,603
50-540.00.0%77