Fertility in Mozambique, 2005

Mozambique
2005
Total fertility rate: 5.50
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mozambique was 5.50 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (242 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 839,720 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.50
Births
839,720
Births per 1,000 people
41.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.4
Population
20,304,569
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
10-1411.11.0%14,453
15-19157.214.3%177,608
20-24242.422.0%229,769
25-29226.220.6%175,599
30-34195.917.8%122,470
35-39146.113.3%69,581
40-4483.47.6%34,380
45-4935.33.2%14,947
50-542.40.2%914