Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2063

Southern Africa
2063
Total fertility rate: 1.85
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2063  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 1.85 children per woman in 2063 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (98 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 1,329,524 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.85
Births
1,329,524
Births per 1,000 people
13.5
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
98,153,335
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%3,345
15-1935.49.6%121,614
20-2498.226.5%349,690
25-2988.623.9%321,884
30-3458.015.6%210,277
35-3957.715.5%208,134
40-4428.77.7%103,971
45-493.30.9%10,382
50-540.10.0%224