Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 1998

Zimbabwe
1998
Total fertility rate: 4.07
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +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 4.07 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (198 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 399,660 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.07
Births
399,660
Births per 1,000 people
34.5
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.58
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
11,594,297
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
10-143.20.4%2,879
15-19100.812.4%86,689
20-24197.624.3%136,174
25-29186.222.9%89,756
30-34153.418.8%45,898
35-39107.513.2%24,289
40-4453.26.5%11,630
45-4911.41.4%2,272
50-540.50.1%75