Fertility in Southern Africa, 2047

Southern Africa
2047
Total fertility rate: 1.97
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2047 2017, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2047  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 1.97 children per woman in 2047 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (107 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.5 years old. In total, 1,370,307 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.97
Births
1,370,307
Births per 1,000 people
15.3
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
89,835,011
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
10-141.00.3%3,475
15-1944.011.1%148,736
20-24106.827.0%383,518
25-2992.323.4%345,405
30-3462.215.7%207,456
35-3957.614.6%189,284
40-4428.07.1%83,247
45-493.20.8%8,978
50-540.10.0%210