Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2039

Southern Africa
2039
Total fertility rate: 2.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2039  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 2.05 children per woman in 2039 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 1,347,469 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.05
Births
1,347,469
Births per 1,000 people
15.9
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
84,649,310
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%3,602
15-1948.211.7%170,108
20-24110.126.8%372,726
25-2995.623.3%323,018
30-3467.216.4%219,147
35-3958.614.3%169,292
40-4426.46.4%79,445
45-493.30.8%9,935
50-540.10.0%202