Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2048

Southern Africa
2048
Total fertility rate: 1.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2048  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 1.96 children per woman in 2048 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (106 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.5 years old. In total, 1,368,198 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.96
Births
1,368,198
Births per 1,000 people
15.1
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
90,447,319
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%3,463
15-1943.411.1%146,546
20-24106.227.0%381,122
25-2991.523.3%345,096
30-3461.715.7%208,134
35-3957.514.6%188,914
40-4428.17.2%85,835
45-493.20.8%8,883
50-540.10.0%207