Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zambia, 2007

Zambia
2007
Total fertility rate: 5.61
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zambia was 5.61 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (248 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 542,530 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.61
Births
542,530
Births per 1,000 people
43.2
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.0
Population
12,565,086
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
10-145.00.4%4,146
15-19137.212.2%97,521
20-24247.922.0%151,634
25-29239.021.2%121,802
30-34213.719.0%88,615
35-39169.315.0%53,158
40-4492.28.2%21,960
45-4919.51.7%3,572
50-540.90.1%123