Fertility in Mozambique, 2016

Mozambique
2016
Total fertility rate: 5.19
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 5.19 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (225 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 1,096,020 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.19
Births
1,096,020
Births per 1,000 people
40.1
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
23.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.9
Population
27,337,105
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
10-148.00.8%13,902
15-19167.416.1%255,979
20-24225.421.7%288,225
25-29210.320.2%224,908
30-34179.617.3%157,112
35-39133.412.8%95,302
40-4481.17.8%46,041
45-4932.03.1%13,896
50-541.90.2%654