Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1968

Zimbabwe
1968
Total fertility rate: 7.11
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Year

-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe was 7.11 children per woman in 1968 — 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 29.7 years old. In total, 223,790 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.11
Births
223,790
Births per 1,000 people
45.7
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
4,900,440
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
10-1411.90.8%3,910
15-19140.09.9%37,976
20-24304.721.4%58,096
25-29305.421.5%48,713
30-34264.118.6%34,170
35-39215.015.1%24,238
40-44140.69.9%13,477
45-4937.02.6%3,035
50-542.40.2%173