Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1988

Zimbabwe
1988
Total fertility rate: 5.28
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe was 5.28 children per woman in 1988 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (230 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 360,829 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.28
Births
360,829
Births per 1,000 people
37.7
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
9,583,094
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
10-146.70.6%4,480
15-19103.69.8%56,729
20-24229.421.7%100,003
25-29230.421.8%79,631
30-34208.519.8%62,123
35-39161.915.3%39,766
40-4489.48.5%14,642
45-4924.42.3%3,298
50-541.40.1%154