Fertility in Mozambique, 2020

Mozambique
2020
Total fertility rate: 4.96
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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 4.96 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (221 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,192,444 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.96
Births
1,192,444
Births per 1,000 people
38.7
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.0
Population
30,783,688
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
10-147.80.8%15,489
15-19159.016.0%267,985
20-24221.122.3%322,199
25-29202.620.4%245,174
30-34171.817.3%173,047
35-39126.412.7%103,754
40-4473.57.4%48,632
45-4929.43.0%15,421
50-541.90.2%745