Fertility in Mozambique, 2021

Mozambique
2021
Total fertility rate: 4.91
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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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-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mozambique was 4.91 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (220 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,217,662 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.91
Births
1,217,662
Births per 1,000 people
38.4
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.0
Population
31,707,800
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
10-147.70.8%15,854
15-19156.816.0%270,330
20-24220.122.4%331,057
25-29200.820.4%251,108
30-34170.017.3%177,226
35-39125.012.7%106,245
40-4471.87.3%49,626
45-4928.42.9%15,458
50-541.80.2%757