Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2042

Southern Africa
2042
Total fertility rate: 2.02
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 2.02 children per woman in 2042 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (109 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 1,359,609 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.02
Births
1,359,609
Births per 1,000 people
15.7
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
86,632,881
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%3,549
15-1946.411.5%159,355
20-24108.927.0%397,793
25-2994.423.4%318,041
30-3464.816.1%217,179
35-3958.314.4%177,010
40-4426.86.6%76,782
45-493.20.8%9,691
50-540.10.0%211