Fertility in Mozambique, 2015

Mozambique
2015
Total fertility rate: 5.24
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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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The total fertility rate of Mozambique was 5.24 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (227 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 1,073,209 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.24
Births
1,073,209
Births per 1,000 people
40.4
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
23.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.9
Population
26,547,572
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
10-148.20.8%13,894
15-19168.916.1%250,785
20-24227.221.6%282,114
25-29213.120.3%220,905
30-34181.817.3%154,100
35-39135.012.9%92,627
40-4481.77.8%44,782
45-4932.33.1%13,348
50-541.90.2%655