Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1987

Zimbabwe
1987
Total fertility rate: 5.50
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1987  +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 5.50 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (242 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 366,734 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.50
Births
366,734
Births per 1,000 people
39.5
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
9,284,644
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
10-146.30.6%3,924
15-19103.79.4%53,766
20-24238.421.6%100,321
25-29241.621.9%84,414
30-34218.119.8%65,726
35-39170.515.5%39,579
40-4495.88.7%15,545
45-4925.62.3%3,301
50-541.50.1%156