Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mozambique, 1999

Mozambique
1999
Total fertility rate: 5.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mozambique was 5.87 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (250 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 778,731 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.87
Births
778,731
Births per 1,000 people
43.9
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.2
Population
17,734,506
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
10-1415.31.3%17,265
15-19169.314.4%165,679
20-24250.221.3%202,624
25-29239.720.4%157,707
30-34206.917.6%103,348
35-39156.913.4%71,633
40-4495.68.1%44,148
45-4938.43.3%15,532
50-542.70.2%798