Fertility in Southern Africa, 2080

Southern Africa
2080
Total fertility rate: 1.79
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2080 2050, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2080  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 1.79 children per woman in 2080 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (90 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.4 years old. In total, 1,301,090 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.79
Births
1,301,090
Births per 1,000 people
12.5
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
103,987,510
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
10-140.70.2%2,310
15-1926.47.4%89,230
20-2486.924.3%312,180
25-2990.225.2%335,922
30-3462.417.4%231,943
35-3960.416.9%219,713
40-4428.37.9%99,501
45-492.90.8%10,082
50-540.10.0%208