Fertility in Southern Africa, 2035

Southern Africa
2035
Total fertility rate: 2.10
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2035 2005, 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   2035  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 2.10 children per woman in 2035 — 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, 1,346,770 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.10
Births
1,346,770
Births per 1,000 people
16.4
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
81,874,030
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%3,857
15-1948.611.6%161,592
20-24112.026.7%368,092
25-2998.223.4%329,623
30-3471.417.0%211,573
35-3959.514.1%180,594
40-4426.16.2%81,650
45-493.30.8%9,598
50-540.10.0%186