Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 2002

Zimbabwe
2002
Total fertility rate: 3.92
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe was 3.92 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (197 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 441,668 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.92
Births
441,668
Births per 1,000 people
36.5
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.51
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
12,087,653
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
10-142.80.4%2,185
15-19102.613.0%91,298
20-24197.025.0%155,128
25-29179.122.7%103,601
30-34145.318.4%54,282
35-39102.513.0%23,537
40-4450.36.4%9,723
45-499.41.2%1,841
50-540.40.1%72