Fertility in Mozambique, 2026

Mozambique
2026
Total fertility rate: 4.54
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mozambique is projected at 4.54 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (206 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 1,323,752 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.54
Births
1,323,752
Births per 1,000 people
36.1
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
23.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.0
Population
36,639,850
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
10-147.90.9%18,627
15-19149.416.5%304,371
20-24205.922.7%349,204
25-29186.120.5%274,751
30-34155.917.2%191,236
35-39112.312.4%114,707
40-4464.17.1%53,197
45-4925.12.8%16,853
50-541.50.2%809