Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1983

Zimbabwe
1983
Total fertility rate: 6.20
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe was 6.20 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (272 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 364,329 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.20
Births
364,329
Births per 1,000 people
45.0
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
8,098,404
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
10-147.00.6%3,651
15-19130.710.5%57,272
20-24272.021.9%101,663
25-29263.321.2%86,348
30-34241.619.5%64,246
35-39185.815.0%32,517
40-44109.38.8%15,252
45-4929.12.3%3,225
50-541.70.1%158