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🇿🇦 Total Fertility Rate of South Africa

2.32
Total Fertility Rate
18.89
Crude Birth Rate
1,140,735
Overall Births

The current population fertility rate of South Africa is 2.3165 births per woman. A -1.06% decrease from 2022, when the fertility rate was 2.3414 births per woman. In the future, South Africa's fertility rate is projected to decrease to 1.718 childern born per woman, by the year 2100. A total decrease of the fertility rate of South Africa's by -25.84% from today's standard.

Historic Total Fertility Rate of South Africa (1950-2023)

South Africa has seen a decrease of the population fertility rate since the 1950's. From 6.0805 to 2.3165 births per woman, a decrease of -61.9% in total.

Year Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) Crude Birth Rate Overall Births
1950 6.0805 41.647 543,143
1951 6.1118 41.938 558,788
1952 6.1329 42.106 573,641
1953 6.1682 42.177 587,896
1954 6.162 41.613 593,350
1955 6.1664 41.223 601,757
1956 6.1846 40.938 612,123
1957 6.1947 40.659 623,058
1958 6.1955 40.313 633,331
1959 6.1827 39.61 637,545
1960 6.1591 39.52 652,630
1961 6.1382 39.911 677,126
1962 6.1104 39.963 698,264
1963 6.0767 40.028 720,939
1964 6.0295 40.072 744,137
1965 5.9672 40.014 766,306
1966 5.9074 39.972 789,697
1967 5.8524 39.947 813,916
1968 5.7823 39.778 835,980
1969 5.719 39.665 859,651
1970 5.6344 39.376 879,696
1971 5.5688 39.195 902,223
1972 5.4904 38.744 917,557
1973 5.4134 38.296 933,062
1974 5.2977 37.58 941,718
1975 5.1912 36.95 951,840
1976 5.0708 36.175 957,474
1977 4.9416 35.375 961,100
1978 4.8534 34.776 970,751
1979 4.8178 34.541 990,367
1980 4.7796 34.29 1,009,518
1981 4.7123 33.886 1,024,074
1982 4.6962 34.366 1,065,787
1983 4.6261 34.604 1,101,969
1984 4.5659 35.231 1,153,586
1985 4.4951 35.73 1,204,244
1986 4.4087 36.482 1,268,563
1987 4.3519 36.225 1,303,926
1988 4.18 34.899 1,299,942
1989 3.9827 33.297 1,282,403
1990 3.7243 31.146 1,238,045
1991 3.6185 30.127 1,232,284
1992 3.4793 28.723 1,200,449
1993 3.3719 27.866 1,186,251
1994 3.258 27.065 1,171,985
1995 3.1715 26.457 1,165,004
1996 2.9908 25.214 1,126,894
1997 2.7338 23.29 1,054,866
1998 2.6302 22.41 1,028,046
1999 2.5592 21.848 1,013,752
2000 2.4135 20.705 969,828
2001 2.3726 20.392 963,390
2002 2.3235 20.04 954,574
2003 2.3581 20.473 984,308
2004 2.436 21.261 1,031,997
2005 2.5125 21.913 1,074,006
2006 2.5477 22.455 1,111,171
2007 2.5454 22.629 1,131,070
2008 2.6787 24.08 1,217,792
2009 2.5012 22.664 1,158,903
2010 2.4448 22.274 1,152,671
2011 2.4362 22.282 1,167,985
2012 2.4474 22.353 1,187,329
2013 2.4276 22.177 1,194,069
2014 2.4242 22.057 1,204,040
2015 2.3594 21.3 1,183,143
2016 2.2612 20.25 1,151,026
2017 2.3339 20.643 1,169,583
2018 2.4179 21.137 1,212,008
2019 2.4748 21.276 1,235,776
2020 2.4008 20.326 1,194,619
2021 2.374 19.821 1,176,955
2022 2.3414 19.31 1,155,858
2023 2.3165 18.893 1,140,735

Future Total Fertility Rate of South Africa (2023-2100)

South Africa's negative downward trend in fertility rate is set to decrease even further in the future. From 2.3165 to an average of 1.718 children born per woman. An additional decrease of -25.84% from 2023 to 2100.

Year Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) Crude Birth Rate Overall Births
2023 2.3165 18.893 1,140,735
2024 2.2935 18.494 1,127,932
2025 2.2662 18.082 1,114,545
2026 2.2457 17.755 1,105,630
2027 2.2252 17.459 1,097,949
2028 2.1999 17.155 1,089,004
2029 2.1834 16.947 1,085,681
2030 2.1644 16.746 1,082,293
2031 2.1464 16.573 1,080,262
2032 2.1353 16.465 1,082,157
2033 2.1189 16.327 1,081,745
2034 2.1025 16.198 1,081,601
2035 2.0902 16.108 1,083,817
2036 2.0799 16.037 1,087,095
2037 2.064 15.92 1,087,016
2038 2.0467 15.786 1,085,425
2039 2.0341 15.677 1,085,287
2040 2.0238 15.577 1,085,512
2041 2.0171 15.498 1,086,913
2042 2.0016 15.344 1,082,767
2043 1.9942 15.243 1,082,082
2044 1.9823 15.098 1,077,900
2045 1.9744 14.971 1,074,682
2046 1.9612 14.794 1,067,541
2047 1.9551 14.66 1,063,156
2048 1.9456 14.494 1,056,062
2049 1.9427 14.371 1,051,802
2050 1.9306 14.18 1,042,195
2051 1.9227 14.022 1,034,672
2052 1.9107 13.841 1,024,993
2053 1.9079 13.732 1,020,477
2054 1.898 13.579 1,012,294
2055 1.8869 13.424 1,003,663
2056 1.8802 13.307 997,647
2057 1.876 13.214 993,157
2058 1.8673 13.096 986,524
2059 1.8578 12.977 979,586
2060 1.8474 12.857 972,383
2061 1.8445 12.793 969,261
2062 1.8419 12.736 966,416
2063 1.8385 12.676 963,250
2064 1.83 12.585 957,551
2065 1.8231 12.506 952,704
2066 1.8144 12.418 946,917
2067 1.8226 12.446 949,897
2068 1.8155 12.369 944,725
2069 1.8073 12.283 938,797
2070 1.8071 12.25 936,803
2071 1.8113 12.246 936,903
2072 1.8074 12.184 932,471
2073 1.7965 12.074 924,211
2074 1.7928 12.01 919,409
2075 1.7865 11.927 913,006
2076 1.7877 11.892 910,207
2077 1.7876 11.847 906,496
2078 1.7861 11.792 901,954
2079 1.7742 11.667 892,002
2080 1.7717 11.604 886,676
2081 1.7705 11.549 881,936
2082 1.7639 11.46 874,473
2083 1.7681 11.441 872,360
2084 1.7628 11.361 865,571
2085 1.758 11.287 859,083
2086 1.7586 11.248 855,323
2087 1.76 11.217 852,058
2088 1.756 11.152 846,256
2089 1.7526 11.094 840,867
2090 1.7498 11.042 835,926
2091 1.7458 10.984 830,497
2092 1.7362 10.894 822,571
2093 1.737 10.87 819,643
2094 1.7336 10.823 814,858
2095 1.7323 10.79 811,140
2096 1.7325 10.768 808,180
2097 1.7267 10.71 802,474
2098 1.7249 10.676 798,571
2099 1.7278 10.672 796,833
2100 1.718 10.59 789,256

How is Total Fertility Rate calculated?

A population's fertility rate is most commonly calculated as Total Total Fertility Rate or TFR for short. The Total Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is a standard demographic indicator that is used internationally to estimate the average number of children born per woman in a population. It is calculated by adding up all the age-specific fertility rates, multiplying this sum by five (the width of the age-group interval), and then dividing by 1,000.

Total Fertility Rate Formula

Total Total Fertility Rate = (Sum of ASFR x 5 ) / 1,000

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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