Fertility in Southern Africa, 2020

Southern Africa
2020
Total fertility rate: 2.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa was 2.35 children per woman in 2020 — 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, 1,405,823 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.35
Births
1,405,823
Births per 1,000 people
20.3
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
69,085,492
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
10-141.00.2%3,206
15-1954.011.5%154,043
20-24118.425.1%360,799
25-29110.723.5%357,277
30-3490.819.3%284,607
35-3965.814.0%180,904
40-4427.25.8%59,122
45-493.20.7%5,776
50-540.10.0%91