Fertility in Mozambique, 2010

Mozambique
2010
Total fertility rate: 5.66
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mozambique was 5.66 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (250 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 984,504 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.66
Births
984,504
Births per 1,000 people
42.8
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.33
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.7
Population
22,999,235
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
10-147.40.7%11,208
15-19161.814.3%206,816
20-24249.622.0%269,889
25-29234.620.7%208,658
30-34202.317.9%146,171
35-39156.113.8%90,553
40-4486.37.6%37,991
45-4932.82.9%12,458
50-542.00.2%758