Fertility in Mozambique, 2022

Mozambique
2022
Total fertility rate: 4.84
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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 4.84 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (218 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 1,240,622 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.84
Births
1,240,622
Births per 1,000 people
38.0
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.0
Population
32,656,246
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%16,612
15-19155.316.0%274,370
20-24217.722.5%337,005
25-29198.420.5%256,659
30-34167.717.3%180,682
35-39123.012.7%108,578
40-4470.27.2%50,541
45-4927.32.8%15,412
50-541.70.2%759