Fertility in Southern Africa, 2019

Southern Africa
2019
Total fertility rate: 2.36
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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   2019  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa was 2.36 children per woman in 2019 — 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 28.4 years old. In total, 1,397,763 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.36
Births
1,397,763
Births per 1,000 people
20.6
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
67,959,742
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%2,884
15-1955.611.7%157,140
20-24118.825.1%362,976
25-29110.823.4%354,079
30-3491.519.3%284,180
35-3966.214.0%173,720
40-4427.15.7%57,049
45-493.10.7%5,652
50-540.10.0%81