Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1978

Zimbabwe
1978
Total fertility rate: 6.66
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe was 6.66 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (286 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 306,020 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.66
Births
306,020
Births per 1,000 people
46.8
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
6,543,575
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
10-148.80.7%3,891
15-19140.010.5%53,075
20-24285.721.5%91,548
25-29277.820.9%70,680
30-34254.519.1%42,294
35-39200.715.1%27,053
40-44128.79.7%14,048
45-4933.62.5%3,261
50-542.00.2%172