Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mozambique, 2003

Mozambique
2003
Total fertility rate: 5.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mozambique was 5.60 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (243 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 813,926 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.60
Births
813,926
Births per 1,000 people
42.0
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.3
Population
19,392,475
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
10-1412.81.1%15,928
15-19161.314.4%173,307
20-24243.321.7%220,863
25-29230.620.6%168,193
30-34198.817.8%116,190
35-39147.813.2%65,978
40-4485.67.7%36,918
45-4936.43.3%15,639
50-542.50.2%909