Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2065

Southern Africa
2065
Total fertility rate: 1.85
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2065  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 1.85 children per woman in 2065 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (97 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 1,326,996 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.85
Births
1,326,996
Births per 1,000 people
13.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
98,983,117
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%3,283
15-1934.59.3%118,412
20-2497.226.3%348,735
25-2988.724.0%323,133
30-3458.215.7%210,393
35-3958.015.7%208,491
40-4428.67.7%103,316
45-493.30.9%11,003
50-540.10.0%224