Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1997

Zimbabwe
1997
Total fertility rate: 4.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe was 4.08 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (196 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 379,430 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.08
Births
379,430
Births per 1,000 people
33.4
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
11,369,828
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%2,862
15-1999.212.2%82,821
20-24196.124.1%128,001
25-29186.822.9%83,609
30-34154.619.0%43,065
35-39108.813.3%24,733
40-4453.36.5%11,856
45-4912.61.5%2,395
50-540.60.1%88