Fertility in Southern Africa, 2030

Southern Africa
2030
Total fertility rate: 2.18
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2030 2000, 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   2030  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 2.18 children per woman in 2030 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 1,368,445 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.18
Births
1,368,445
Births per 1,000 people
17.5
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
78,131,972
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%3,370
15-1952.112.0%163,882
20-24113.426.0%372,483
25-29102.323.5%307,606
30-3477.217.7%239,912
35-3960.814.0%195,475
40-4425.65.9%76,863
45-493.30.8%8,703
50-540.10.0%156