Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2075

Southern Africa
2075
Total fertility rate: 1.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2075  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 1.81 children per woman in 2075 — 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 29.3 years old. In total, 1,309,099 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.81
Births
1,309,099
Births per 1,000 people
12.8
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
102,497,550
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%2,702
15-1929.18.1%98,941
20-2490.725.1%327,202
25-2989.424.7%334,279
30-3460.416.7%222,136
35-3959.516.5%212,591
40-4428.67.9%100,540
45-493.00.8%10,482
50-540.10.0%225