Fertility in Mozambique, 2001

Mozambique
2001
Total fertility rate: 5.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mozambique was 5.76 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (246 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 798,466 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.76
Births
798,466
Births per 1,000 people
43.1
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.2
Population
18,537,729
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
10-1414.51.3%17,167
15-19167.414.6%170,838
20-24245.921.4%211,734
25-29237.320.6%164,882
30-34203.717.7%109,786
35-39152.513.3%67,314
40-4488.87.7%39,955
45-4937.63.3%15,929
50-542.60.2%862