Fertility & birth rates in Austria and South Africa

Fertility rate in Austria vs South Africa chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Austria was 1.32 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.22 in South Africa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Austria vs South Africa population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Austria	South Africa
1960	2.69	6.11
1961	2.78	6.08
1962	2.8	6.05
1963	2.82	6.01
1964	2.79	5.96
1965	2.7	5.89
1966	2.66	5.91
1967	2.62	5.85
1968	2.58	5.78
1969	2.49	5.72
1970	2.29	5.63
1971	2.2	5.57
1972	2.08	5.49
1973	1.94	5.41
1974	1.91	5.3
1975	1.83	5.19
1976	1.69	5.07
1977	1.63	4.94
1978	1.6	4.85
1979	1.6	4.82
1980	1.65	4.78
1981	1.67	4.71
1982	1.66	4.7
1983	1.56	4.63
1984	1.52	4.57
1985	1.47	4.5
1986	1.45	4.41
1987	1.43	4.35
1988	1.45	4.18
1989	1.45	3.98
1990	1.46	3.72
1991	1.51	3.62
1992	1.51	3.48
1993	1.5	3.37
1994	1.47	3.26
1995	1.42	3.17
1996	1.45	2.99
1997	1.39	2.73
1998	1.37	2.63
1999	1.34	2.56
2000	1.36	2.41
2001	1.33	2.37
2002	1.39	2.32
2003	1.38	2.36
2004	1.42	2.44
2005	1.41	2.51
2006	1.41	2.55
2007	1.38	2.55
2008	1.42	2.68
2009	1.39	2.5
2010	1.44	2.44
2011	1.43	2.44
2012	1.44	2.45
2013	1.44	2.43
2014	1.46	2.42
2015	1.49	2.36
2016	1.53	2.26
2017	1.52	2.28
2018	1.47	2.27
2019	1.46	2.26
2020	1.44	2.26
2021	1.48	2.25
2022	1.41	2.23
2023	1.32	2.22
2024	1.32	2.21
2025	1.33	2.19
2026	1.34	2.17
2027	1.35	2.15
2028	1.35	2.13
2029	1.36	2.12
2030	1.36	2.1
2031	1.37	2.09
2032	1.37	2.07
2033	1.38	2.06
2034	1.38	2.05
2035	1.39	2.04
2036	1.39	2.03
2037	1.4	2.02
2038	1.4	2
2039	1.41	1.99
2040	1.41	1.98
2041	1.41	1.98
2042	1.42	1.97
2043	1.42	1.96
2044	1.42	1.95
2045	1.42	1.94
2046	1.43	1.93
2047	1.43	1.92
2048	1.43	1.91
2049	1.43	1.9
2050	1.43	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Austria	South Africa
1960	22%	42.1%
1961	22.4%	42.1%
1962	22.7%	42.1%
1963	22.8%	42.1%
1964	23.1%	42.1%
1965	23.4%	42.1%
1966	23.6%	42.1%
1967	23.9%	42.2%
1968	24.1%	42.2%
1969	24.3%	42.2%
1970	24.4%	42.3%
1971	24.3%	42.2%
1972	24.2%	42.2%
1973	23.9%	42.1%
1974	23.6%	42%
1975	23.2%	41.9%
1976	22.8%	41.8%
1977	22.2%	41.7%
1978	21.6%	41.5%
1979	21%	41.3%
1980	20.4%	40.9%
1981	20%	40.5%
1982	19.5%	40.1%
1983	19.1%	39.8%
1984	18.7%	39.5%
1985	18.3%	39.2%
1986	18%	38.9%
1987	17.8%	38.7%
1988	17.6%	38.4%
1989	17.6%	38.1%
1990	17.5%	37.7%
1991	17.6%	37.5%
1992	17.7%	37.6%
1993	17.8%	37.3%
1994	17.8%	37.2%
1995	17.8%	37.5%
1996	17.7%	37.5%
1997	17.6%	37.2%
1998	17.4%	36.5%
1999	17.2%	35.7%
2000	17%	34.9%
2001	16.8%	34%
2002	16.6%	33.2%
2003	16.4%	32.3%
2004	16.2%	31.6%
2005	16%	31.1%
2006	15.8%	30.6%
2007	15.5%	30.2%
2008	15.2%	29.9%
2009	15%	29.7%
2010	14.8%	29.4%
2011	14.6%	29.1%
2012	14.5%	28.9%
2013	14.4%	28.7%
2014	14.3%	28.5%
2015	14.3%	28.3%
2016	14.4%	28.3%
2017	14.4%	28.3%
2018	14.4%	27.9%
2019	14.4%	27.4%
2020	14.4%	27%
2021	14.4%	26.6%
2022	14.3%	26.3%
2023	14.3%	26.1%
2024	14.2%	25.9%
2025	14.1%	25.7%
2026	14.1%	25.6%
2027	14%	25.4%
2028	13.8%	25.3%
2029	13.7%	25.2%
2030	13.6%	25.2%
2031	13.4%	25.1%
2032	13.2%	25%
2033	13%	24.8%
2034	12.8%	24.5%
2035	12.6%	24.3%
2036	12.5%	23.9%
2037	12.3%	23.6%
2038	12.2%	23.4%
2039	12.1%	23.1%
2040	12.1%	22.9%
2041	12%	22.7%
2042	12%	22.5%
2043	12%	22.4%
2044	12%	22.2%
2045	12%	22.1%
2046	12%	21.9%
2047	12.1%	21.8%
2048	12.1%	21.7%
2049	12.2%	21.6%
2050	12.3%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.2% of the population in Austria and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 17.5% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Austria and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Austria vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.02% in Austria and +1.05% in South Africa. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Austria	South Africa
1960	36,647	421,263
1961	46,061	437,851
1962	42,779	455,634
1963	43,055	473,821
1964	44,788	490,606
1965	35,627	506,632
1966	37,343	534,862
1967	32,459	553,741
1968	30,403	571,841
1969	22,323	590,794
1970	13,441	605,102
1971	11,250	624,761
1972	9,053	638,754
1973	5,310	651,596
1974	3,039	658,438
1975	-2,274	667,862
1976	-7,565	675,011
1977	-6,811	680,929
1978	-9,074	694,341
1979	-6,039	716,541
1980	-1,510	738,415
1981	1,514	767,833
1982	3,029	807,550
1983	-3,025	837,013
1984	756	869,011
1985	-1,513	893,889
1986	0	903,644
1987	1,515	922,330
1988	4,551	909,221
1989	5,333	884,629
1990	7,678	835,421
1991	10,857	827,296
1992	12,545	794,415
1993	12,649	789,220
1994	11,110	698,609
1995	7,948	743,488
1996	7,959	710,868
1997	3,984	667,969
1998	3,191	627,027
1999	0	594,643
2000	1,602	526,963
2001	804	484,801
2002	2,424	430,926
2003	0	415,018
2004	4,904	442,540
2005	3,291	464,464
2006	3,308	487,584
2007	1,659	503,567
2008	2,496	595,332
2009	-834	554,115
2010	1,672	566,834
2011	1,679	601,708
2012	0	643,723
2013	0	652,427
2014	3,419	674,754
2015	1,729	668,771
2016	6,989	641,365
2017	4,399	645,975
2018	1,769	648,319
2019	1,776	652,130
2020	-8,025	595,873
2021	-6,269	456,411
2022	-10,851	603,636
2023	-11,872	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Austria vs South Africa

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Austria, compared to 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Austria	South Africa
1985	14	208
1986	14	200
1987	13	192
1988	13	184
1989	12	177
1990	12	170
1991	11	162
1992	10	152
1993	10	145
1994	10	133
1995	9	125
1996	8	150
1997	7	152
1998	7	152
1999	7	151
2000	7	175
2001	6	192
2002	6	225
2003	6	245
2004	6	259
2005	6	279
2006	6	283
2007	6	272
2008	6	272
2009	6	241
2010	6	226
2011	6	202
2012	6	194
2013	6	180
2014	7	162
2015	7	150
2016	6	141
2017	6	134
2018	7	128
2019	7	119
2020	6	118
2021	6	191
2022	7	129
2023	6	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.31% in Austria and 3.47% in South Africa. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Austria	South Africa
1960	4.28%	-
1961	4.03%	-
1962	3.79%	-
1963	3.59%	-
1964	3.42%	-
1965	3.27%	-
1966	3.15%	-
1967	3.05%	-
1968	2.98%	-
1969	2.94%	-
1970	2.91%	-
1971	2.87%	-
1972	2.8%	-
1973	2.67%	-
1974	2.51%	13.2%
1975	2.31%	12.5%
1976	2.11%	11.8%
1977	1.94%	11.1%
1978	1.81%	10.5%
1979	1.71%	9.88%
1980	1.63%	9.35%
1981	1.55%	8.84%
1982	1.47%	8.39%
1983	1.4%	7.98%
1984	1.33%	7.6%
1985	1.26%	7.24%
1986	1.19%	6.89%
1987	1.12%	6.56%
1988	1.05%	6.26%
1989	1%	6.01%
1990	0.95%	5.82%
1991	0.9%	5.7%
1992	0.85%	5.66%
1993	0.79%	5.7%
1994	0.74%	5.82%
1995	0.68%	5.95%
1996	0.64%	6.11%
1997	0.6%	6.29%
1998	0.58%	6.56%
1999	0.56%	6.85%
2000	0.55%	7.11%
2001	0.54%	7.43%
2002	0.53%	7.69%
2003	0.52%	7.93%
2004	0.51%	8.1%
2005	0.49%	8.03%
2006	0.48%	7.75%
2007	0.46%	7.19%
2008	0.45%	6.42%
2009	0.44%	5.7%
2010	0.43%	5%
2011	0.42%	4.5%
2012	0.4%	4.25%
2013	0.39%	4.1%
2014	0.38%	3.96%
2015	0.37%	3.82%
2016	0.36%	3.68%
2017	0.36%	3.58%
2018	0.35%	3.49%
2019	0.35%	3.45%
2020	0.34%	3.41%
2021	0.33%	3.41%
2022	0.32%	3.44%
2023	0.31%	3.47%