Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1973

Zimbabwe
1973
Total fertility rate: 6.94
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe was 6.94 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (295 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 265,336 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.94
Births
265,336
Births per 1,000 people
46.4
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
5,720,404
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
10-1411.50.8%4,403
15-19142.610.3%46,206
20-24294.921.3%78,678
25-29293.421.1%53,612
30-34262.218.9%39,335
35-39208.515.0%25,224
40-44136.29.8%14,412
45-4936.62.6%3,304
50-542.10.1%160