Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mozambique, 2011

Mozambique
2011
Total fertility rate: 5.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mozambique was 5.60 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (246 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 1,003,989 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.60
Births
1,003,989
Births per 1,000 people
42.5
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.33
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.8
Population
23,649,039
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
10-147.60.7%11,796
15-19164.814.7%216,369
20-24245.521.9%272,434
25-29231.520.7%211,308
30-34198.717.7%148,750
35-39152.013.6%90,770
40-4485.97.7%39,527
45-4932.82.9%12,298
50-541.90.2%735