Total fertility rate in South Africa in 2024 — 2.21 births. Ranked 94 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 63.9%.
1960–2024 · births per woman
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa
| Year | births | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.21 | −0.01 | −0.5% |
| 2023 | 2.22 | −0.01 | −0.49% |
| 2022 | 2.23 | −0.02 | −0.93% |
| 2021 | 2.25 | −0.01 | −0.4% |
| 2020 | 2.26 | −0.01 | −0.31% |
| 2019 | 2.26 | −0.01 | −0.26% |
| 2018 | 2.27 | −0.01 | −0.57% |
| 2017 | 2.28 | +0.02 | +0.97% |
| 2016 | 2.26 | −0.1 | −4.15% |
| 2015 | 2.36 | −0.07 | −2.68% |
| 2014 | 2.42 | −0 | −0.16% |
| 2013 | 2.43 | −0.02 | −0.78% |
| 2012 | 2.45 | +0.01 | +0.45% |
| 2011 | 2.44 | −0.01 | −0.37% |
| 2010 | 2.45 | −0.06 | −2.24% |
| 2009 | 2.5 | −0.18 | −6.64% |
| 2008 | 2.68 | +0.13 | +5.27% |
| 2007 | 2.55 | −0 | −0.12% |
| 2006 | 2.55 | +0.04 | +1.43% |
| 2005 | 2.51 | +0.08 | +3.12% |
| 2004 | 2.44 | +0.08 | +3.31% |
| 2003 | 2.36 | +0.03 | +1.46% |
| 2002 | 2.32 | −0.05 | −2.06% |
| 2001 | 2.37 | −0.04 | −1.66% |
| 2000 | 2.41 | −0.15 | −5.71% |
| 1999 | 2.56 | −0.07 | −2.7% |
| 1998 | 2.63 | −0.1 | −3.8% |
| 1997 | 2.73 | −0.26 | −8.59% |
| 1996 | 2.99 | −0.18 | −5.71% |
| 1995 | 3.17 | −0.09 | −2.64% |
| 1994 | 3.26 | −0.11 | −3.38% |
| 1993 | 3.37 | −0.11 | −3.08% |
| 1992 | 3.48 | −0.14 | −3.84% |
| 1991 | 3.62 | −0.11 | −2.85% |
| 1990 | 3.72 | −0.26 | −6.5% |
| 1989 | 3.98 | −0.2 | −4.71% |
| 1988 | 4.18 | −0.17 | −3.95% |
| 1987 | 4.35 | −0.06 | −1.29% |
| 1986 | 4.41 | −0.09 | −1.91% |
| 1985 | 4.5 | −0.07 | −1.55% |
| 1984 | 4.57 | −0.06 | −1.3% |
| 1983 | 4.63 | −0.07 | −1.49% |
| 1982 | 4.7 | −0.02 | −0.34% |
| 1981 | 4.71 | −0.07 | −1.42% |
| 1980 | 4.78 | −0.04 | −0.79% |
| 1979 | 4.82 | −0.04 | −0.72% |
| 1978 | 4.85 | −0.09 | −1.8% |
| 1977 | 4.94 | −0.13 | −2.54% |
| 1976 | 5.07 | −0.12 | −2.31% |
| 1975 | 5.19 | −0.11 | −2.02% |
| 1974 | 5.3 | −0.12 | −2.12% |
| 1973 | 5.41 | −0.08 | −1.4% |
| 1972 | 5.49 | −0.08 | −1.42% |
| 1971 | 5.57 | −0.07 | −1.15% |
| 1970 | 5.63 | −0.09 | −1.49% |
| 1969 | 5.72 | −0.06 | −1.09% |
| 1968 | 5.78 | −0.07 | −1.2% |
| 1967 | 5.85 | −0.05 | −0.93% |
| 1966 | 5.91 | +0.01 | +0.25% |
| 1965 | 5.89 | −0.06 | −1.06% |
| 1964 | 5.96 | −0.06 | −0.95% |
| 1963 | 6.01 | −0.03 | −0.56% |
| 1962 | 6.05 | −0.03 | −0.56% |
| 1961 | 6.08 | −0.03 | −0.41% |
| 1960 | 6.11 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.
Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
How many births there are per thousand girls aged 15–19 during a year.
Demography Contraceptive useWhat part of women in a marriage or a union uses contraception.
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