Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mozambique, 2006

Mozambique
2006
Total fertility rate: 5.45
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mozambique was 5.45 children per woman in 2006 — 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, 854,709 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.45
Births
854,709
Births per 1,000 people
41.1
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
20,787,087
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
10-149.80.9%13,098
15-19156.814.4%181,564
20-24241.922.2%234,856
25-29224.020.5%179,714
30-34194.017.8%124,624
35-39145.913.4%72,501
40-4481.27.4%33,047
45-4934.63.2%14,413
50-542.30.2%891