Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mozambique, 1998

Mozambique
1998
Total fertility rate: 5.91
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mozambique was 5.91 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (252 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 763,615 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.91
Births
763,615
Births per 1,000 people
44.0
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.3
Population
17,340,464
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
10-1415.81.3%17,433
15-19166.014.1%158,982
20-24252.221.4%198,267
25-29239.820.3%152,088
30-34207.917.6%100,945
35-39159.513.5%74,362
40-4499.18.4%45,910
45-4938.03.2%14,878
50-542.60.2%748