Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1963

Zimbabwe
1963
Total fertility rate: 7.23
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1963  +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 1963 — 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 29.5 years old. In total, 195,986 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.23
Births
195,986
Births per 1,000 people
46.8
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
4,185,877
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%4,894
15-19162.911.3%32,038
20-24302.020.9%50,206
25-29305.421.1%41,315
30-34264.218.3%31,114
35-39215.214.9%21,557
40-44136.59.4%11,731
45-4939.32.7%2,991
50-542.40.2%139