Fertility in Mozambique, 1961

Mozambique
1961
Total fertility rate: 6.37
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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The total fertility rate of Mozambique was 6.37 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (267 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 330,910 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.37
Births
330,910
Births per 1,000 people
48.4
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.0
Population
6,834,936
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-1423.51.8%8,312
15-19138.510.9%41,331
20-24257.920.2%70,150
25-29267.021.0%70,940
30-34242.219.0%64,714
35-39192.815.1%45,888
40-44118.99.3%24,276
45-4930.92.4%5,050
50-542.00.2%250