Fertility in Southern Africa, 2022

Southern Africa
2022
Total fertility rate: 2.31
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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   2022  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa was 2.31 children per woman in 2022 — 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 28.3 years old. In total, 1,413,647 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.31
Births
1,413,647
Births per 1,000 people
19.9
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
71,212,991
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
10-141.10.2%3,363
15-1953.711.6%159,227
20-24116.725.2%351,351
25-29109.723.7%358,791
30-3489.319.3%287,840
35-3963.913.8%186,996
40-4425.15.4%59,721
45-493.30.7%6,234
50-540.10.0%126