Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zambia, 1989

Zambia
1989
Total fertility rate: 6.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zambia was 6.64 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (282 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 357,559 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.64
Births
357,559
Births per 1,000 people
47.1
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.40
Boys per 100 girls at birth
100.4
Population
7,589,216
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
10-146.10.5%3,184
15-19154.511.6%67,835
20-24282.221.3%99,413
25-29280.221.1%78,627
30-34253.019.1%55,513
35-39195.214.7%33,570
40-44119.19.0%15,465
45-4934.62.6%3,763
50-542.00.2%185