Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2085

Southern Africa
2085
Total fertility rate: 1.78
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2085  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 1.78 children per woman in 2085 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (91 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.6 years old. In total, 1,294,513 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.78
Births
1,294,513
Births per 1,000 people
12.3
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
105,349,072
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
10-140.60.2%1,935
15-1923.86.7%79,840
20-2482.923.3%296,190
25-2991.325.6%339,042
30-3465.318.3%241,927
35-3961.617.3%226,132
40-4427.87.8%99,503
45-492.80.8%9,749
50-540.10.0%190