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🗺️ Total Fertility Rate of Southern Africa

2.37
Total Fertility Rate
19.22
Crude Birth Rate
1,344,201
Overall Births

The current population fertility rate of Southern Africa is 2.3682 births per woman. A -1.04% decrease from 2023, when the fertility rate was 2.393 births per woman. In the future, Southern Africa's fertility rate is projected to decrease to 1.7351 childern born per woman, by the year 2100. A total decrease of the fertility rate of Southern Africa's by -26.73% 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 6.075 to 2.3682 births per woman, a decrease of -61.02% in total.

Year Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) Crude Birth Rate Overall Births
1950 6.075 41.994 622,510
1951 6.1051 42.261 639,853
1952 6.1258 42.417 656,392
1953 6.1601 42.494 672,520
1954 6.1591 42.019 680,030
1955 6.1649 41.678 690,239
1956 6.1829 41.431 702,488
1957 6.194 41.19 715,397
1958 6.1963 40.874 727,587
1959 6.1863 40.242 733,788
1960 6.1677 40.149 750,947
1961 6.1507 40.476 777,512
1962 6.1277 40.504 800,855
1963 6.1025 40.564 826,246
1964 6.0617 40.585 851,876
1965 6.0083 40.525 876,773
1966 5.9558 40.476 902,570
1967 5.906 40.434 929,161
1968 5.844 40.269 953,925
1969 5.7872 40.149 980,297
1970 5.7108 39.878 1,003,228
1971 5.6531 39.721 1,029,334
1972 5.5827 39.317 1,048,516
1973 5.5145 38.921 1,068,592
1974 5.4162 38.316 1,082,926
1975 5.3241 37.778 1,098,699
1976 5.217 37.099 1,109,772
1977 5.0972 36.365 1,117,708
1978 5.0127 35.788 1,131,040
1979 4.9727 35.508 1,152,889
1980 4.9307 35.237 1,175,673
1981 4.8607 34.809 1,192,705
1982 4.8315 35.139 1,235,657
1983 4.7559 35.292 1,274,933
1984 4.6887 35.79 1,329,811
1985 4.6121 36.168 1,383,507
1986 4.5192 36.772 1,451,249
1987 4.4538 36.496 1,490,435
1988 4.2844 35.249 1,488,807
1989 4.0921 33.769 1,474,601
1990 3.8477 31.828 1,435,852
1991 3.7415 30.855 1,432,296
1992 3.6054 29.54 1,401,986
1993 3.4951 28.69 1,388,178
1994 3.3778 27.872 1,372,808
1995 3.2824 27.186 1,361,251
1996 3.1065 25.992 1,321,866
1997 2.8686 24.244 1,250,390
1998 2.7692 23.431 1,224,603
1999 2.6999 22.911 1,211,731
2000 2.5631 21.868 1,168,297
2001 2.5202 21.563 1,162,530
2002 2.4705 21.223 1,154,113
2003 2.4931 21.58 1,184,520
2004 2.5546 22.242 1,232,397
2005 2.6176 22.812 1,275,997
2006 2.6458 23.297 1,315,521
2007 2.6445 23.48 1,339,315
2008 2.7608 24.754 1,428,597
2009 2.6013 23.495 1,371,262
2010 2.5477 23.122 1,365,924
2011 2.5412 23.144 1,384,979
2012 2.5501 23.201 1,406,923
2013 2.5311 23.029 1,415,610
2014 2.5237 22.878 1,425,856
2015 2.4633 22.164 1,405,129
2016 2.3738 21.198 1,373,939
2017 2.4355 21.494 1,391,842
2018 2.506 21.87 1,433,894
2019 2.5502 21.93 1,456,910
2020 2.4802 21.031 1,414,244
2021 2.4524 20.535 1,395,852
2022 2.4188 20.032 1,373,536
2023 2.393 19.621 1,357,853
2024 2.3682 19.22 1,344,201

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 2.3682 to an average of 1.7351 children born per woman. An additional decrease of -26.73% from 2024 to 2100.

Year Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) Crude Birth Rate Overall Births
2024 2.3682 19.22 1,344,201
2025 2.3397 18.809 1,330,073
2026 2.3173 18.477 1,320,575
2027 2.296 18.181 1,312,874
2028 2.2696 17.873 1,303,437
2029 2.252 17.659 1,300,305
2030 2.2319 17.451 1,296,971
2031 2.2123 17.264 1,294,755
2032 2.1998 17.146 1,297,305
2033 2.183 17.004 1,297,713
2034 2.1655 16.865 1,297,990
2035 2.1526 16.77 1,301,290
2036 2.1399 16.68 1,304,734
2037 2.1231 16.557 1,305,245
2038 2.1051 16.419 1,304,182
2039 2.091 16.301 1,304,407
2040 2.0796 16.195 1,305,312
2041 2.0698 16.095 1,306,316
2042 2.0541 15.942 1,302,608
2043 2.0445 15.826 1,301,619
2044 2.0318 15.674 1,297,302
2045 2.0226 15.539 1,293,924
2046 2.0092 15.361 1,286,569
2047 2.0016 15.218 1,281,720
2048 1.9912 15.047 1,274,032
2049 1.9859 14.909 1,268,797
2050 1.9731 14.714 1,258,205
2051 1.9646 14.554 1,250,129
2052 1.9522 14.369 1,239,489
2053 1.9484 14.252 1,234,427
2054 1.9384 14.097 1,225,561
2055 1.927 13.937 1,215,959
2056 1.9195 13.812 1,209,029
2057 1.9146 13.711 1,203,900
2058 1.9054 13.585 1,196,285
2059 1.8951 13.457 1,188,178
2060 1.884 13.328 1,179,767
2061 1.88 13.254 1,175,900
2062 1.8766 13.189 1,172,592
2063 1.8724 13.121 1,168,940
2064 1.8625 13.018 1,161,859
2065 1.856 12.941 1,156,908
2066 1.8469 12.847 1,150,305
2067 1.853 12.859 1,153,067
2068 1.8453 12.775 1,147,012
2069 1.8374 12.69 1,140,674
2070 1.836 12.649 1,138,128
2071 1.8382 12.63 1,137,520
2072 1.834 12.565 1,132,641
2073 1.8238 12.458 1,123,715
2074 1.8196 12.389 1,118,129
2075 1.8134 12.306 1,111,079
2076 1.8124 12.255 1,106,881
2077 1.8116 12.204 1,102,517
2078 1.809 12.139 1,096,778
2079 1.7984 12.022 1,086,114
2080 1.7952 11.952 1,079,699
2081 1.7933 11.891 1,074,005
2082 1.7866 11.798 1,065,293
2083 1.7893 11.768 1,062,210
2084 1.7846 11.691 1,054,714
2085 1.7796 11.612 1,047,057
2086 1.7795 11.567 1,042,372
2087 1.7795 11.525 1,037,893
2088 1.7759 11.461 1,031,347
2089 1.7715 11.394 1,024,521
2090 1.7688 11.34 1,018,761
2091 1.7648 11.28 1,012,412
2092 1.7554 11.188 1,003,138
2093 1.7556 11.159 999,445
2094 1.752 11.108 993,680
2095 1.7494 11.066 988,598
2096 1.7496 11.042 985,155
2097 1.7436 10.979 978,193
2098 1.7421 10.946 973,803
2099 1.7441 10.935 971,385
2100 1.7351 10.856 962,778

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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