Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1954

Zimbabwe
1954
Total fertility rate: 7.09
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +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 7.09 children per woman in 1954 — 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, 154,570 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.09
Births
154,570
Births per 1,000 people
48.9
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
3,163,883
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
10-1421.31.5%3,859
15-19164.711.6%24,681
20-24293.120.7%38,291
25-29298.521.0%33,957
30-34257.618.2%24,335
35-39209.314.8%18,254
40-44132.99.4%8,861
45-4938.62.7%2,207
50-542.50.2%122