Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2044

Southern Africa
2044
Total fertility rate: 2.00
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2044  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 2.00 children per woman in 2044 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (108 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 1,367,740 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.00
Births
1,367,740
Births per 1,000 people
15.6
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
87,926,452
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%3,515
15-1945.511.4%155,375
20-24108.427.0%399,321
25-2993.823.4%325,440
30-3463.715.9%212,548
35-3958.014.5%185,473
40-4427.16.8%76,435
45-493.20.8%9,417
50-540.10.0%216