Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zambia, 2004

Zambia
2004
Total fertility rate: 5.70
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2004  +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 5.70 children per woman in 2004 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (251 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 497,982 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.70
Births
497,982
Births per 1,000 people
43.9
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
100.8
Population
11,338,198
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
10-145.40.5%4,100
15-19142.912.5%93,736
20-24250.722.0%138,892
25-29243.521.3%112,957
30-34219.019.2%79,326
35-39168.314.7%46,251
40-4490.57.9%19,235
45-4920.51.8%3,360
50-541.00.1%124