Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2098

Southern Africa
2098
Total fertility rate: 1.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2098  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 1.76 children per woman in 2098 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (95 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.1 years old. In total, 1,268,899 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.76
Births
1,268,899
Births per 1,000 people
11.7
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
108,258,431
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
10-140.30.1%1,088
15-1917.24.9%57,161
20-2470.620.1%249,431
25-2994.927.0%347,754
30-3476.421.7%279,446
35-3964.518.3%234,529
40-4425.27.2%90,745
45-492.40.7%8,590
50-540.00.0%144