Fertility & birth rates in Georgia and South Africa

Fertility rate in Georgia vs South Africa chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Georgia was 1.81 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 Georgia 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
	Georgia	South Africa
1960	2.94	6.11
1961	2.94	6.08
1962	2.94	6.05
1963	2.95	6.01
1964	2.89	5.96
1965	2.77	5.89
1966	2.73	5.91
1967	2.74	5.85
1968	2.69	5.78
1969	2.69	5.72
1970	2.7	5.63
1971	2.71	5.57
1972	2.67	5.49
1973	2.62	5.41
1974	2.57	5.3
1975	2.55	5.19
1976	2.51	5.07
1977	2.44	4.94
1978	2.42	4.85
1979	2.38	4.82
1980	2.35	4.78
1981	2.33	4.71
1982	2.31	4.7
1983	2.34	4.63
1984	2.38	4.57
1985	2.4	4.5
1986	2.38	4.41
1987	2.32	4.35
1988	2.32	4.18
1989	2.32	3.98
1990	2.31	3.72
1991	2.21	3.62
1992	2.05	3.48
1993	1.91	3.37
1994	1.84	3.26
1995	1.81	3.17
1996	1.76	2.99
1997	1.73	2.73
1998	1.7	2.63
1999	1.64	2.56
2000	1.61	2.41
2001	1.58	2.37
2002	1.57	2.32
2003	1.55	2.36
2004	1.57	2.44
2005	1.58	2.51
2006	1.62	2.55
2007	1.7	2.55
2008	1.83	2.68
2009	1.99	2.5
2010	1.97	2.44
2011	1.92	2.44
2012	1.93	2.45
2013	1.99	2.43
2014	2.18	2.42
2015	2.21	2.36
2016	2.23	2.26
2017	2.14	2.28
2018	2.09	2.27
2019	2.02	2.26
2020	1.98	2.26
2021	1.98	2.25
2022	1.82	2.23
2023	1.81	2.22
2024	1.8	2.21
2025	1.79	2.19
2026	1.78	2.17
2027	1.77	2.15
2028	1.76	2.13
2029	1.75	2.12
2030	1.75	2.1
2031	1.75	2.09
2032	1.74	2.07
2033	1.74	2.06
2034	1.73	2.05
2035	1.73	2.04
2036	1.73	2.03
2037	1.73	2.02
2038	1.72	2
2039	1.72	1.99
2040	1.72	1.98
2041	1.72	1.98
2042	1.72	1.97
2043	1.72	1.96
2044	1.72	1.95
2045	1.71	1.94
2046	1.71	1.93
2047	1.71	1.92
2048	1.71	1.91
2049	1.71	1.9
2050	1.71	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Georgia	South Africa
1960	28.7%	42.1%
1961	29.3%	42.1%
1962	29.7%	42.1%
1963	29.9%	42.1%
1964	30%	42.1%
1965	30%	42.1%
1966	30.2%	42.1%
1967	30.5%	42.2%
1968	30.7%	42.2%
1969	30.8%	42.2%
1970	30.5%	42.3%
1971	30%	42.2%
1972	29.5%	42.2%
1973	29%	42.1%
1974	28.4%	42%
1975	27.8%	41.9%
1976	27.3%	41.8%
1977	26.7%	41.7%
1978	26.2%	41.5%
1979	25.7%	41.3%
1980	25.4%	40.9%
1981	25.2%	40.5%
1982	25.1%	40.1%
1983	25.1%	39.8%
1984	25.1%	39.5%
1985	25.2%	39.2%
1986	25.4%	38.9%
1987	25.5%	38.7%
1988	25.5%	38.4%
1989	25.5%	38.1%
1990	25.5%	37.7%
1991	25.6%	37.5%
1992	25.5%	37.6%
1993	25.4%	37.3%
1994	25.2%	37.2%
1995	24.9%	37.5%
1996	24.6%	37.5%
1997	24.1%	37.2%
1998	23.6%	36.5%
1999	23%	35.7%
2000	22.4%	34.9%
2001	21.7%	34%
2002	21%	33.2%
2003	20.5%	32.3%
2004	19.9%	31.6%
2005	19.3%	31.1%
2006	18.8%	30.6%
2007	18.5%	30.2%
2008	18.3%	29.9%
2009	18.4%	29.7%
2010	18.6%	29.4%
2011	18.6%	29.1%
2012	18.7%	28.9%
2013	18.8%	28.7%
2014	19%	28.5%
2015	19.4%	28.3%
2016	19.8%	28.3%
2017	20.2%	28.3%
2018	20.5%	27.9%
2019	20.8%	27.4%
2020	21%	27%
2021	21.2%	26.6%
2022	21.2%	26.3%
2023	21%	26.1%
2024	20.8%	25.9%
2025	20.5%	25.7%
2026	20.2%	25.6%
2027	19.9%	25.4%
2028	19.5%	25.3%
2029	19%	25.2%
2030	18.5%	25.2%
2031	18%	25.1%
2032	17.6%	25%
2033	17.2%	24.8%
2034	16.9%	24.5%
2035	16.6%	24.3%
2036	16.4%	23.9%
2037	16.2%	23.6%
2038	16.2%	23.4%
2039	16.1%	23.1%
2040	16.1%	22.9%
2041	16.2%	22.7%
2042	16.2%	22.5%
2043	16.3%	22.4%
2044	16.4%	22.2%
2045	16.4%	22.1%
2046	16.5%	21.9%
2047	16.6%	21.8%
2048	16.7%	21.7%
2049	16.8%	21.6%
2050	16.8%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Georgia and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 25.5% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Georgia and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Georgia vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Georgia 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
	Georgia	South Africa
1960	51,640	421,263
1961	52,284	437,851
1962	51,903	455,634
1963	51,456	473,821
1964	48,429	490,606
1965	43,463	506,632
1966	40,905	534,862
1967	40,070	553,741
1968	37,840	571,841
1969	37,764	590,794
1970	38,731	605,102
1971	38,953	624,761
1972	38,832	638,754
1973	38,259	651,596
1974	38,071	658,438
1975	39,331	667,862
1976	39,964	675,011
1977	40,023	680,929
1978	41,616	694,341
1979	42,863	716,541
1980	44,114	738,415
1981	46,185	767,833
1982	47,363	807,550
1983	48,496	837,013
1984	48,523	869,011
1985	49,786	893,889
1986	48,960	903,644
1987	45,561	922,330
1988	42,810	909,221
1989	41,510	884,629
1990	40,169	835,421
1991	32,932	827,296
1992	24,226	794,415
1993	18,303	789,220
1994	17,279	698,609
1995	17,644	743,488
1996	18,304	710,868
1997	11,862	667,969
1998	9,823	627,027
1999	6,901	594,643
2000	4,681	526,963
2001	3,445	484,801
2002	2,228	430,926
2003	2,482	415,018
2004	283	442,540
2005	1,604	464,464
2006	2,146	487,584
2007	3,551	503,567
2008	7,974	595,332
2009	12,210	554,115
2010	10,501	566,834
2011	8,989	601,708
2012	8,584	643,723
2013	10,145	652,427
2014	13,089	674,754
2015	13,105	668,771
2016	11,346	641,365
2017	8,391	645,975
2018	8,407	648,319
2019	5,606	652,130
2020	335	595,873
2021	-9,127	456,411
2022	-2,224	603,636
2023	-1,282	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Georgia vs South Africa

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 20 deaths per 100,000 live births in Georgia, compared to 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Georgia	South Africa
1985	34	208
1986	34	200
1987	32	192
1988	33	184
1989	36	177
1990	34	170
1991	36	162
1992	38	152
1993	40	145
1994	40	133
1995	41	125
1996	35	150
1997	45	152
1998	43	152
1999	41	151
2000	43	175
2001	45	192
2002	46	225
2003	42	245
2004	43	259
2005	53	279
2006	45	283
2007	52	272
2008	54	272
2009	56	241
2010	41	226
2011	37	202
2012	35	194
2013	34	180
2014	32	162
2015	30	150
2016	28	141
2017	27	134
2018	24	128
2019	22	119
2020	30	118
2021	60	191
2022	22	129
2023	20	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.92% in Georgia 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
	Georgia	South Africa
1974	-	13.2%
1975	7.12%	12.5%
1976	6.86%	11.8%
1977	6.61%	11.1%
1978	6.36%	10.5%
1979	6.13%	9.88%
1980	5.9%	9.35%
1981	5.69%	8.84%
1982	5.49%	8.39%
1983	5.31%	7.98%
1984	5.16%	7.6%
1985	5.04%	7.24%
1986	4.94%	6.89%
1987	4.87%	6.56%
1988	4.82%	6.26%
1989	4.78%	6.01%
1990	4.75%	5.82%
1991	4.72%	5.7%
1992	4.68%	5.66%
1993	4.63%	5.7%
1994	4.56%	5.82%
1995	4.47%	5.95%
1996	4.36%	6.11%
1997	4.22%	6.29%
1998	4.05%	6.56%
1999	3.85%	6.85%
2000	3.63%	7.11%
2001	3.39%	7.43%
2002	3.13%	7.69%
2003	2.87%	7.93%
2004	2.6%	8.1%
2005	2.35%	8.03%
2006	2.12%	7.75%
2007	1.9%	7.19%
2008	1.72%	6.42%
2009	1.55%	5.7%
2010	1.41%	5%
2011	1.3%	4.5%
2012	1.21%	4.25%
2013	1.14%	4.1%
2014	1.09%	3.96%
2015	1.05%	3.82%
2016	1.02%	3.68%
2017	1%	3.58%
2018	0.98%	3.49%
2019	0.97%	3.45%
2020	0.96%	3.41%
2021	0.95%	3.41%
2022	0.93%	3.44%
2023	0.92%	3.47%