Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2031

Southern Africa
2031
Total fertility rate: 2.16
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2031  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 2.16 children per woman in 2031 — 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, 1,362,998 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.16
Births
1,362,998
Births per 1,000 people
17.3
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
78,906,256
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%3,449
15-1951.611.9%161,825
20-24113.126.1%374,274
25-29101.623.5%310,718
30-3475.917.5%231,863
35-3960.514.0%193,441
40-4425.75.9%78,325
45-493.30.8%8,940
50-540.10.0%163