Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2074

Southern Africa
2074
Total fertility rate: 1.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2074  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 1.81 children per woman in 2074 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (91 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 1,310,500 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.81
Births
1,310,500
Births per 1,000 people
12.8
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
102,185,743
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
10-140.80.2%2,779
15-1929.78.2%100,872
20-2491.425.2%329,972
25-2989.324.7%333,719
30-3460.016.6%220,016
35-3959.316.4%211,563
40-4428.77.9%100,796
45-493.00.8%10,556
50-540.10.0%232