Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2037

Southern Africa
2037
Total fertility rate: 2.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2037  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 2.08 children per woman in 2037 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 1,344,353 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.08
Births
1,344,353
Births per 1,000 people
16.1
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
83,286,362
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%3,620
15-1948.011.6%168,026
20-24111.226.8%365,681
25-2996.823.3%328,086
30-3469.216.7%214,365
35-3959.014.2%173,555
40-4426.26.3%80,970
45-493.30.8%9,860
50-540.10.0%194