Fertility in Mozambique, 2023

Mozambique
2023
Total fertility rate: 4.76
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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 4.76 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (215 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 1,260,855 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.76
Births
1,260,855
Births per 1,000 people
37.5
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.0
Population
33,635,160
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%17,252
15-19153.516.1%279,358
20-24215.122.6%341,641
25-29195.620.5%261,777
30-34164.717.3%183,375
35-39120.212.6%110,258
40-4467.97.1%50,825
45-4926.62.8%15,596
50-541.70.2%772