Total Fertility Rate in South Africa
Latest available observation · 2023
2.22 births per woman
births per woman
Data nature: modelled
Among 193 countries with comparable values, South Africa ranks 89.
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What the data says
South Africa's latest available total fertility rate value is 2.22 births per woman, reported for 2023.
Among 193 countries with comparable values, South Africa ranks 89.
This rank describes the available comparable sample and is not a complete ranking of every country.
The comparable-sample median is 2.01 births per woman.
This value is classified as modelled data.
Higher modelled period fertility.
This indicator is descriptive. A higher or lower figure is not a quality verdict.
Source & how to read it
Read the full definition, source notes, and methodology for Total Fertility Rate.
- Source
- World Bank World Development Indicators
- Original producer
- UN DESA Population Division
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Unit
- births per woman
- Period
- 2023
- Data nature
- modelled
This modelled value is labelled by how it was produced, not by how complete the map is. What observed, estimated, calculated, derived, and modelled mean