Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zambia, 1998

Zambia
1998
Total fertility rate: 6.07
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zambia was 6.07 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (270 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 437,933 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.07
Births
437,933
Births per 1,000 people
46.2
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
100.6
Population
9,482,408
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
10-146.40.5%4,154
15-19154.012.7%85,219
20-24269.622.2%126,729
25-29262.821.6%97,207
30-34232.519.1%66,544
35-39170.014.0%38,139
40-4495.27.8%16,586
45-4923.92.0%3,227
50-541.20.1%127