Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1958

Zimbabwe
1958
Total fertility rate: 7.16
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1958  +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 7.16 children per woman in 1958 — 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, 171,414 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.16
Births
171,414
Births per 1,000 people
47.9
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
3,580,181
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
10-1422.21.6%4,449
15-19166.211.6%28,532
20-24296.220.7%41,822
25-29300.421.0%37,026
30-34260.318.2%27,303
35-39210.114.7%18,932
40-44135.99.5%10,846
45-4938.62.7%2,375
50-542.40.2%130