Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mozambique, 2014

Mozambique
2014
Total fertility rate: 5.30
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mozambique was 5.30 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (230 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 1,051,953 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.30
Births
1,051,953
Births per 1,000 people
40.8
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
23.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.8
Population
25,788,475
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
10-148.30.8%13,755
15-19170.416.0%245,099
20-24229.921.7%277,334
25-29217.020.4%217,986
30-34183.817.3%151,352
35-39136.912.9%90,130
40-4481.07.6%42,725
45-4932.73.1%12,903
50-541.90.2%671