Fertility in Mozambique, 2019

Mozambique
2019
Total fertility rate: 5.02
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 5.02 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (222 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,169,000 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.02
Births
1,169,000
Births per 1,000 people
39.1
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.0
Population
29,884,380
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%15,123
15-19161.316.1%265,946
20-24222.222.1%313,469
25-29204.520.4%240,068
30-34173.717.3%169,095
35-39127.912.7%101,732
40-4475.17.5%47,565
45-4930.33.0%15,272
50-541.90.2%725