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🗺️ Total Fertility Rate of Southern Africa

2.29
Total Fertility Rate
19.25
Crude Birth Rate
1,407,672
Overall Births

The current population fertility rate of Southern Africa is 2.2876 births per woman. A -0.48% decrease from 2023, when the fertility rate was 2.2986 births per woman. In the future, Southern Africa's fertility rate is projected to decrease to 1.7556 childern born per woman, by the year 2100. A total decrease of the fertility rate of Southern Africa's by -23.26% from today's standard.

Historic Total Fertility Rate of Southern Africa (1950-2024)

Southern Africa has seen a decrease of the population fertility rate since the 1950's. From 6.0283 to 2.2876 births per woman, a decrease of -62.05% in total.

Year Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) Crude Birth Rate Overall Births
1950 6.0283 41.364 612,926
1951 6.0587 41.494 627,470
1952 6.0772 41.533 641,418
1953 6.0926 41.514 654,980
1954 6.1103 41.416 667,857
1955 6.1291 41.338 681,825
1956 6.1357 41.181 695,169
1957 6.1432 41.043 709,551
1958 6.1516 40.934 724,939
1959 6.1373 40.61 737,211
1960 6.1199 40.423 753,065
1961 6.0985 40.329 772,344
1962 6.0698 40.248 793,605
1963 6.0425 40.254 817,648
1964 5.9933 40.151 840,379
1965 5.9381 40.05 863,751
1966 5.9522 40.45 899,050
1967 5.9029 40.405 925,838
1968 5.8402 40.285 951,695
1969 5.7829 40.176 978,318
1970 5.7075 39.876 1,000,427
1971 5.6484 39.753 1,026,925
1972 5.5792 39.401 1,047,901
1973 5.5115 39.002 1,068,154
1974 5.4127 38.389 1,082,339
1975 5.3206 37.831 1,097,617
1976 5.2142 37.249 1,111,393
1977 5.0951 36.552 1,121,405
1978 5.0118 36.099 1,138,978
1979 4.9726 35.905 1,164,819
1980 4.9311 35.628 1,191,428
1981 4.8598 35.474 1,226,263
1982 4.8322 35.56 1,271,727
1983 4.7573 35.342 1,308,216
1984 4.6924 35.188 1,347,795
1985 4.6193 34.88 1,380,964
1986 4.5298 34.24 1,399,483
1987 4.4645 33.86 1,427,554
1988 4.2948 32.676 1,420,259
1989 4.1031 31.34 1,404,061
1990 3.8612 29.709 1,369,668
1991 3.7529 29.041 1,370,620
1992 3.6145 28.011 1,347,369
1993 3.501 27.542 1,352,282
1994 3.3848 25.636 1,279,734
1995 3.2829 26.371 1,333,430
1996 3.1042 25.603 1,312,572
1997 2.8631 24.725 1,283,778
1998 2.7622 24.018 1,262,914
1999 2.6916 23.593 1,254,753
2000 2.5547 22.569 1,211,979
2001 2.5127 22.283 1,207,487
2002 2.4635 21.97 1,201,929
2003 2.4856 22.342 1,234,280
2004 2.5483 22.974 1,281,592
2005 2.6152 23.501 1,323,806
2006 2.6467 23.9 1,359,757
2007 2.6465 23.893 1,373,921
2008 2.7634 25.004 1,454,659
2009 2.603 23.638 1,391,843
2010 2.5515 23.098 1,376,512
2011 2.5454 23.028 1,389,689
2012 2.5531 23.049 1,411,639
2013 2.5326 22.82 1,420,715
2014 2.5252 22.677 1,435,332
2015 2.4647 21.945 1,416,509
2016 2.3751 21.263 1,386,619
2017 2.392 21.003 1,380,414
2018 2.3745 20.773 1,388,534
2019 2.3616 20.568 1,397,763
2020 2.3493 20.349 1,405,823
2021 2.336 20.143 1,413,721
2022 2.3125 19.851 1,413,647
2023 2.2986 19.532 1,410,152
2024 2.2876 19.247 1,407,672

Future Total Fertility Rate of Southern Africa (2024-2100)

Southern Africa's negative downward trend in fertility rate is set to decrease even further in the future. From 2.2876 to an average of 1.7556 children born per woman. An additional decrease of -23.26% from 2024 to 2100.

Year Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) Crude Birth Rate Overall Births
2024 2.2876 19.247 1,407,672
2025 2.2675 18.917 1,400,264
2026 2.2462 18.592 1,391,989
2027 2.2287 18.308 1,385,890
2028 2.2109 18.035 1,380,158
2029 2.1943 17.783 1,375,339
2030 2.1751 17.515 1,368,445
2031 2.1593 17.274 1,362,998
2032 2.1455 17.054 1,358,680
2033 2.1322 16.844 1,354,551
2034 2.1184 16.641 1,350,384
2035 2.1042 16.449 1,346,770
2036 2.0907 16.287 1,345,047
2037 2.0771 16.141 1,344,353
2038 2.0639 16.02 1,345,281
2039 2.0514 15.918 1,347,469
2040 2.0392 15.828 1,350,352
2041 2.0295 15.765 1,355,365
2042 2.0184 15.694 1,359,609
2043 2.0082 15.628 1,364,038
2044 1.9983 15.556 1,367,740
2045 1.9883 15.469 1,369,957
2046 1.9788 15.369 1,370,939
2047 1.9688 15.254 1,370,307
2048 1.9586 15.127 1,368,198
2049 1.9487 14.99 1,364,687
2050 1.9386 14.848 1,360,465
2051 1.9305 14.72 1,357,273
2052 1.926 14.625 1,356,852
2053 1.9192 14.514 1,354,424
2054 1.9127 14.409 1,352,332
2055 1.9052 14.303 1,349,898
2056 1.897 14.197 1,347,060
2057 1.8902 14.1 1,344,902
2058 1.8826 13.999 1,342,141
2059 1.877 13.914 1,340,729
2060 1.8712 13.825 1,338,628
2061 1.8658 13.738 1,336,345
2062 1.8598 13.645 1,333,319
2063 1.8526 13.545 1,329,524
2064 1.8485 13.471 1,327,958
2065 1.8454 13.406 1,326,996
2066 1.8405 13.327 1,324,310
2067 1.835 13.248 1,321,571
2068 1.8299 13.174 1,319,050
2069 1.8264 13.113 1,317,637
2070 1.8234 13.056 1,316,584
2071 1.819 12.992 1,314,984
2072 1.8152 12.937 1,313,767
2073 1.8123 12.882 1,312,326
2074 1.8089 12.825 1,310,500
2075 1.8057 12.772 1,309,099
2076 1.802 12.716 1,307,174
2077 1.7986 12.661 1,305,334
2078 1.7923 12.59 1,301,797
2079 1.7902 12.55 1,301,377
2080 1.7887 12.512 1,301,090
2081 1.7856 12.464 1,299,758
2082 1.7842 12.428 1,299,468
2083 1.7821 12.384 1,298,260
2084 1.7792 12.334 1,296,357
2085 1.777 12.288 1,294,513
2086 1.7745 12.234 1,291,895
2087 1.7739 12.197 1,291,185
2088 1.7714 12.147 1,288,908
2089 1.7689 12.096 1,286,432
2090 1.7665 12.046 1,284,021
2091 1.7648 12.001 1,282,008
2092 1.7639 11.964 1,280,858
2093 1.7631 11.926 1,279,417
2094 1.7623 11.89 1,278,151
2095 1.7596 11.841 1,275,350
2096 1.757 11.794 1,272,477
2097 1.7575 11.766 1,271,593
2098 1.7554 11.721 1,268,899
2099 1.7556 11.694 1,268,191
2100 1.7556 11.667 1,267,636

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 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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