# Live births in South Africa

Live births in South Africa was 1.19 million in 2023 (estimated). Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

- Indicator id: `births`
- Place id: `za`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.
- Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/un-population-division
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/births/south-africa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=births&place=za

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,186,793 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 1,190,146 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 1,190,312 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 1,182,285 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 1,173,511 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 1,163,460 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 1,154,876 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 1,160,623 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 1,191,603 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 1,211,091 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 1,197,126 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 1,189,588 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 1,169,887 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 1,160,896 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 1,178,323 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 1,243,597 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 1,166,581 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 1,157,144 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 1,124,291 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 1,084,498 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 1,037,337 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 1,004,942 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 1,011,545 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 1,017,081 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 1,060,762 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 1,070,114 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 1,091,868 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 1,121,611 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 1,140,808 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 1,081,586 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 1,152,235 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 1,146,706 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 1,170,388 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 1,170,837 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 1,211,699 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 1,230,450 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 1,239,142 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 1,215,553 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 1,200,048 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 1,170,227 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 1,133,794 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 1,100,132 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 1,056,276 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 1,023,204 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 1,000,535 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 977,732 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 964,558 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 958,964 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 950,848 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 941,247 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 932,746 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 917,234 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 900,469 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 877,296 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 858,270 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 834,361 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 811,124 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 786,790 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 753,872 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 733,055 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 712,678 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 691,059 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 671,921 (estimated) |
| 1960 | 654,647 (estimated) |
| 1959 | 640,756 (estimated) |
| 1958 | 630,445 (estimated) |
| 1957 | 617,087 (estimated) |
| 1956 | 604,746 (estimated) |
| 1955 | 593,446 (estimated) |
| 1954 | 581,444 (estimated) |
| 1953 | 570,665 (estimated) |
| 1952 | 559,047 (estimated) |
| 1951 | 546,874 (estimated) |
| 1950 | 534,108 (estimated) |