Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2049

Southern Africa
2049
Total fertility rate: 1.95
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2049  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 1.95 children per woman in 2049 — 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, 1,364,687 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.95
Births
1,364,687
Births per 1,000 people
15.0
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
91,040,447
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%3,454
15-1942.911.0%144,338
20-24105.727.1%378,301
25-2990.923.3%343,103
30-3461.215.7%210,317
35-3957.414.7%188,227
40-4428.07.2%87,803
45-493.30.8%8,941
50-540.10.0%206