Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1979

Zimbabwe
1979
Total fertility rate: 6.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe was 6.59 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (283 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 307,814 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.59
Births
307,814
Births per 1,000 people
46.3
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
6,647,556
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
10-148.10.6%3,708
15-19139.510.6%54,736
20-24283.021.5%93,500
25-29275.420.9%72,267
30-34252.619.2%41,146
35-39199.415.1%26,013
40-44126.09.6%13,218
45-4932.72.5%3,063
50-541.90.1%163