Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Africa, 2099

Southern Africa
2099
Total fertility rate: 1.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2099  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Africa is projected at 1.76 children per woman in 2099 — 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 30.2 years old. In total, 1,268,191 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.76
Births
1,268,191
Births per 1,000 people
11.7
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
108,451,685
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%1,034
15-1916.84.8%55,602
20-2469.719.8%245,736
25-2995.327.1%348,869
30-3477.522.0%283,379
35-3964.718.4%235,147
40-4424.97.1%89,810
45-492.40.7%8,471
50-540.00.0%140