Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2073

Southern Africa
2073
Total fertility rate: 1.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2073  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 1.81 children per woman in 2073 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (92 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 1,312,326 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.81
Births
1,312,326
Births per 1,000 people
12.9
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
101,870,793
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
10-140.90.2%2,854
15-1930.28.3%102,819
20-2492.125.4%332,878
25-2989.224.6%333,026
30-3459.716.4%218,061
35-3959.116.3%210,769
40-4428.77.9%101,059
45-493.10.8%10,622
50-540.10.0%236