Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1965

Zimbabwe
1965
Total fertility rate: 7.23
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1965  +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 1965 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (308 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 206,762 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.23
Births
206,762
Births per 1,000 people
46.4
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
4,458,462
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
10-1414.71.0%4,418
15-19149.510.4%32,707
20-24305.321.2%54,458
25-29308.221.4%44,153
30-34266.518.5%32,430
35-39216.915.0%23,166
40-44139.69.7%12,139
45-4938.52.7%3,137
50-542.40.2%152