Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1957

Zimbabwe
1957
Total fertility rate: 7.14
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +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 7.14 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (300 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 166,950 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.14
Births
166,950
Births per 1,000 people
48.1
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
3,471,154
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%4,408
15-19165.511.6%27,365
20-24295.320.7%40,792
25-29299.721.0%36,438
30-34259.718.2%26,203
35-39209.614.7%19,016
40-44135.59.5%10,275
45-4938.52.7%2,327
50-542.40.2%129