Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1994

Zimbabwe
1994
Total fertility rate: 4.28
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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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 4.28 children per woman in 1994 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (202 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 348,215 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.28
Births
348,215
Births per 1,000 people
32.0
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
10,873,148
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
10-143.10.4%2,817
15-1997.511.4%73,160
20-24201.623.6%111,955
25-29192.922.6%71,423
30-34165.119.3%43,605
35-39118.313.8%28,854
40-4460.67.1%13,749
45-4915.41.8%2,536
50-540.90.1%118