Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 2003

Zimbabwe
2003
Total fertility rate: 3.86
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe was 3.86 children per woman in 2003 — 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 28.2 years old. In total, 447,857 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.86
Births
447,857
Births per 1,000 people
36.6
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.3
Population
12,232,322
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
10-142.60.3%1,961
15-19105.113.5%90,396
20-24195.825.1%158,148
25-29177.422.8%107,121
30-34142.018.2%55,756
35-3998.612.6%23,584
40-4448.46.2%9,076
45-499.11.2%1,746
50-540.40.1%72