Fertility in Mozambique, 2018

Mozambique
2018
Total fertility rate: 5.07
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Mozambique was 5.07 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (223 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,144,727 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.07
Births
1,144,727
Births per 1,000 people
39.4
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
23.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.0
Population
29,018,644
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%14,702
15-19163.416.1%263,301
20-24223.222.0%304,755
25-29206.320.3%234,920
30-34175.517.3%165,030
35-39129.412.7%99,685
40-4476.77.6%46,655
45-4931.13.1%14,979
50-542.00.2%701