Fertility in Southern Africa, 2060

Southern Africa
2060
Total fertility rate: 1.87
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2060 2030, 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

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-5 -1   2060  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 1.87 children per woman in 2060 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (100 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 1,338,628 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.87
Births
1,338,628
Births per 1,000 people
13.8
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
96,823,129
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%3,425
15-1937.09.9%126,040
20-24100.126.7%353,361
25-2988.923.7%323,408
30-3458.115.5%211,913
35-3957.515.3%211,448
40-4429.07.7%98,764
45-493.20.9%10,038
50-540.10.0%223