Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1952

Zimbabwe
1952
Total fertility rate: 7.07
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe was 7.07 children per woman in 1952 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (298 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 147,318 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.07
Births
147,318
Births per 1,000 people
49.6
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.58
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
2,972,903
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
10-1420.41.4%3,436
15-19164.311.6%23,469
20-24292.320.7%37,108
25-29298.121.1%31,527
30-34257.018.2%24,455
35-39209.114.8%16,662
40-44132.09.3%8,395
45-4938.72.7%2,146
50-542.50.2%118