Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1956

Zimbabwe
1956
Total fertility rate: 7.12
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe was 7.12 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (299 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 162,603 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.12
Births
162,603
Births per 1,000 people
48.3
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
3,365,535
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
10-1422.31.6%4,308
15-19164.911.6%26,313
20-24294.320.7%39,860
25-29299.021.0%35,746
30-34258.918.2%25,268
35-39209.214.7%18,992
40-44134.79.5%9,701
45-4938.62.7%2,288
50-542.40.2%126