Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mozambique, 2002

Mozambique
2002
Total fertility rate: 5.67
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mozambique was 5.67 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (244 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 805,208 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.67
Births
805,208
Births per 1,000 people
42.5
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.3
Population
18,958,338
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
10-1413.51.2%16,381
15-19165.614.6%173,388
20-24244.221.6%216,196
25-29233.420.6%166,019
30-34200.217.7%112,468
35-39149.713.2%65,987
40-4485.87.6%37,866
45-4937.33.3%16,003
50-542.60.2%901