Fertility in Southern Africa, 2029

Southern Africa
2029
Total fertility rate: 2.19
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 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   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 2.19 children per woman in 2029 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 1,375,339 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.19
Births
1,375,339
Births per 1,000 people
17.8
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
77,339,731
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%3,331
15-1952.612.0%166,081
20-24113.825.9%368,144
25-29103.223.5%308,612
30-3478.717.9%248,391
35-3961.313.9%196,770
40-4425.45.8%75,441
45-493.40.8%8,417
50-540.10.0%151