Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mozambique, 2007

Mozambique
2007
Total fertility rate: 5.47
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mozambique was 5.47 children per woman in 2007 — 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, 878,497 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.47
Births
878,497
Births per 1,000 people
41.3
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.5
Population
21,287,635
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
10-148.70.8%11,974
15-19155.914.3%184,944
20-24242.922.2%242,375
25-29224.820.6%185,936
30-34195.117.8%128,531
35-39148.613.6%77,105
40-4480.97.4%32,887
45-4934.13.1%13,881
50-542.20.2%863