Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2081

Southern Africa
2081
Total fertility rate: 1.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2081  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 1.79 children per woman in 2081 — 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 29.5 years old. In total, 1,299,758 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.79
Births
1,299,758
Births per 1,000 people
12.5
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
104,278,294
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%2,232
15-1925.97.2%87,289
20-2486.124.1%309,087
25-2990.425.3%336,486
30-3462.917.6%233,728
35-3960.617.0%221,267
40-4428.27.9%99,460
45-492.90.8%10,003
50-540.10.0%204