Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 2011

Zimbabwe
2011
Total fertility rate: 4.13
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe was 4.13 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (208 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 518,550 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.13
Births
518,550
Births per 1,000 people
38.1
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.0
Population
13,595,424
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
10-141.60.2%1,355
15-19112.413.5%81,383
20-24207.625.0%145,931
25-29192.223.1%145,387
30-34155.618.7%90,280
35-39109.613.2%42,362
40-4445.15.4%10,755
45-496.70.8%1,070
50-540.20.0%27