Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2034

Southern Africa
2034
Total fertility rate: 2.12
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2034  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 2.12 children per woman in 2034 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (112 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 1,350,384 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.12
Births
1,350,384
Births per 1,000 people
16.6
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
81,149,508
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
10-141.10.3%3,796
15-1949.311.7%159,680
20-24112.426.5%370,753
25-2999.123.4%327,449
30-3472.517.1%213,644
35-3959.714.1%184,091
40-4426.06.1%81,345
45-493.30.8%9,441
50-540.10.0%180