Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 2014

Zimbabwe
2014
Total fertility rate: 4.01
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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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 4.01 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (201 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 503,038 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.01
Births
503,038
Births per 1,000 people
35.4
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.0
Population
14,207,358
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
10-141.50.2%1,416
15-19105.613.2%79,852
20-24200.725.0%133,327
25-29188.523.5%127,946
30-34151.118.8%97,103
35-39107.313.4%49,965
40-4440.95.1%12,153
45-496.70.8%1,253
50-540.20.0%27