Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2043

Southern Africa
2043
Total fertility rate: 2.01
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2043  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 2.01 children per woman in 2043 — 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, 1,364,038 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.01
Births
1,364,038
Births per 1,000 people
15.6
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
87,283,360
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%3,532
15-1946.011.4%157,459
20-24108.727.0%400,130
25-2994.123.4%320,432
30-3464.216.0%214,948
35-3958.114.4%181,618
40-4426.96.7%76,157
45-493.20.8%9,543
50-540.10.0%214