Fertility in Zambia, 1980

Zambia
1980
Total fertility rate: 7.14
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 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

Year

-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Zambia was 7.14 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (295 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 275,758 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.14
Births
275,758
Births per 1,000 people
47.5
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
100.7
Population
5,802,833
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
10-149.90.7%3,846
15-19169.411.9%53,749
20-24294.620.7%74,559
25-29290.120.3%57,926
30-34262.518.4%39,564
35-39225.715.8%28,116
40-44136.09.5%14,472
45-4936.52.6%3,368
50-542.00.1%158