Fertility in Southern Africa, 2024

Southern Africa
2024
Total fertility rate: 2.29
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 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

Year

-5 -1   2024  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 2.29 children per woman in 2024 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 1,407,672 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.29
Births
1,407,672
Births per 1,000 people
19.2
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
73,138,701
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%3,395
15-1953.611.7%166,242
20-24116.125.4%339,453
25-29108.323.6%346,787
30-3487.219.0%286,765
35-3963.213.8%192,919
40-4425.15.5%65,191
45-493.30.7%6,787
50-540.10.0%129