Total fertility rate in Southern Africa in 2024 — 2.29 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 62.6%.
1960–2024 · births per woman
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa
| Year | births | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.29 | −0.01 | −0.51% |
| 2023 | 2.3 | −0.01 | −0.61% |
| 2022 | 2.31 | −0.02 | −1.03% |
| 2021 | 2.34 | −0.01 | −0.58% |
| 2020 | 2.35 | −0.01 | −0.54% |
| 2019 | 2.36 | −0.01 | −0.52% |
| 2018 | 2.38 | −0.02 | −0.74% |
| 2017 | 2.39 | +0.01 | +0.59% |
| 2016 | 2.38 | −0.09 | −3.61% |
| 2015 | 2.47 | −0.06 | −2.41% |
| 2014 | 2.53 | −0.01 | −0.28% |
| 2013 | 2.54 | −0.02 | −0.75% |
| 2012 | 2.56 | +0.01 | +0.26% |
| 2011 | 2.55 | −0.01 | −0.27% |
| 2010 | 2.56 | −0.05 | −2.01% |
| 2009 | 2.61 | −0.16 | −5.77% |
| 2008 | 2.77 | +0.12 | +4.38% |
| 2007 | 2.65 | −0 | −0.08% |
| 2006 | 2.65 | +0.03 | +1.21% |
| 2005 | 2.62 | +0.06 | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 2.56 | +0.06 | +2.43% |
| 2003 | 2.5 | +0.02 | +0.81% |
| 2002 | 2.48 | −0.05 | −1.97% |
| 2001 | 2.53 | −0.04 | −1.65% |
| 2000 | 2.57 | −0.14 | −5.05% |
| 1999 | 2.71 | −0.07 | −2.55% |
| 1998 | 2.78 | −0.1 | −3.52% |
| 1997 | 2.88 | −0.24 | −7.59% |
| 1996 | 3.12 | −0.18 | −5.39% |
| 1995 | 3.29 | −0.1 | −2.84% |
| 1994 | 3.39 | −0.12 | −3.42% |
| 1993 | 3.51 | −0.11 | −3.12% |
| 1992 | 3.62 | −0.14 | −3.68% |
| 1991 | 3.76 | −0.11 | −2.8% |
| 1990 | 3.87 | −0.24 | −5.95% |
| 1989 | 4.11 | −0.19 | −4.44% |
| 1988 | 4.3 | −0.17 | −3.79% |
| 1987 | 4.47 | −0.07 | −1.48% |
| 1986 | 4.54 | −0.09 | −1.93% |
| 1985 | 4.63 | −0.07 | −1.56% |
| 1984 | 4.7 | −0.06 | −1.35% |
| 1983 | 4.77 | −0.07 | −1.53% |
| 1982 | 4.84 | −0.03 | −0.53% |
| 1981 | 4.87 | −0.07 | −1.41% |
| 1980 | 4.94 | −0.04 | −0.83% |
| 1979 | 4.98 | −0.04 | −0.72% |
| 1978 | 5.02 | −0.08 | −1.62% |
| 1977 | 5.1 | −0.12 | −2.25% |
| 1976 | 5.22 | −0.1 | −1.97% |
| 1975 | 5.32 | −0.09 | −1.69% |
| 1974 | 5.41 | −0.1 | −1.77% |
| 1973 | 5.51 | −0.07 | −1.21% |
| 1972 | 5.58 | −0.07 | −1.23% |
| 1971 | 5.65 | −0.06 | −1.02% |
| 1970 | 5.7 | −0.08 | −1.32% |
| 1969 | 5.78 | −0.06 | −0.99% |
| 1968 | 5.84 | −0.06 | −1.08% |
| 1967 | 5.9 | −0.05 | −0.84% |
| 1966 | 5.95 | +0.01 | +0.22% |
| 1965 | 5.94 | −0.06 | −0.93% |
| 1964 | 5.99 | −0.05 | −0.82% |
| 1963 | 6.04 | −0.03 | −0.45% |
| 1962 | 6.07 | −0.03 | −0.47% |
| 1961 | 6.1 | −0.02 | −0.34% |
| 1960 | 6.12 | — | — |
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.
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