Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mozambique, 2012

Mozambique
2012
Total fertility rate: 5.52
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mozambique was 5.52 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (241 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 1,022,644 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.52
Births
1,022,644
Births per 1,000 people
42.0
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.8
Population
24,337,846
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
10-147.80.7%12,449
15-19167.515.2%226,528
20-24240.721.8%274,588
25-29227.620.6%214,396
30-34194.117.6%150,464
35-39146.913.3%90,330
40-4484.47.6%40,739
45-4933.13.0%12,431
50-541.90.2%718