Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1953

Zimbabwe
1953
Total fertility rate: 7.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1953  +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 Zimbabwe was 7.08 children per woman in 1953 — 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, 150,908 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.08
Births
150,908
Births per 1,000 people
49.2
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
3,067,166
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
10-1420.81.5%3,639
15-19164.611.6%24,037
20-24292.720.7%37,693
25-29298.421.1%32,797
30-34257.318.2%24,312
35-39209.314.8%17,548
40-44132.39.3%8,584
45-4938.62.7%2,176
50-542.50.2%120