Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zambia, 1987

Zambia
1987
Total fertility rate: 6.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zambia was 6.80 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (284 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 339,951 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.80
Births
339,951
Births per 1,000 people
47.3
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.50
Boys per 100 girls at birth
100.4
Population
7,191,282
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
10-146.50.5%3,204
15-19156.111.5%63,904
20-24282.720.8%93,276
25-29284.020.9%74,383
30-34257.719.0%52,787
35-39206.515.2%32,410
40-44128.29.4%16,015
45-4936.12.7%3,790
50-542.00.2%185