List of South African Provinces by Fertility Rate (2026)

This page lists South Africa’s provinces by their average total fertility rate per woman according to data from Statistics South Africa.

The table below shows the provinces of South Africa by average fertility rate, 2001–2026.

Rank	Province	2001 – 2006	2006 – 2011	2011 – 2016	2016 – 2021	2021 – 2026 (estimate)
1	Limpopo	3.23	3.37	3.16	3.09	3.03
2	Eastern Cape	3.14	3.22	2.97	2.91	2.87
3	Northern Cape	3.03	3.08	2.83	2.67	2.63
4	KwaZulu-Natal	2.97	2.98	2.71	2.59	2.53
5	North West	3.08	3.20	2.78	2.57	2.52
6	Mpumalanga	2.79	2.88	2.41	2.29	2.27
7	Free State	2.69	2.84	2.48	2.33	2.27
8	Western Cape	2.31	2.42	2.16	2.04	2.01
9	Gauteng	2.20	2.36	2.10	1.89	1.82