Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1976

Zimbabwe
1976
Total fertility rate: 6.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe was 6.77 children per woman in 1976 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (292 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 292,504 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.77
Births
292,504
Births per 1,000 people
46.5
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
6,287,105
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
10-149.60.7%4,022
15-19143.710.6%51,062
20-24291.921.5%87,988
25-29284.121.0%62,875
30-34258.019.0%42,646
35-39200.114.8%26,070
40-44130.79.6%14,294
45-4934.72.6%3,378
50-542.10.2%169