Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1962

Zimbabwe
1962
Total fertility rate: 7.23
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1962  +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 7.23 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (305 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 191,006 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.23
Births
191,006
Births per 1,000 people
47.1
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
4,055,959
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
10-1417.81.2%4,555
15-19165.011.4%32,002
20-24300.920.8%48,156
25-29304.621.1%40,296
30-34263.518.2%30,597
35-39214.514.9%20,655
40-44135.99.4%11,757
45-4939.52.7%2,850
50-542.40.2%137