Fertility in Zimbabwe, 2024

Zimbabwe
2024
Total fertility rate: 3.67
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2024  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe is projected at 3.67 children per woman in 2024 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (184 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.1 years old. In total, 497,215 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.67
Births
497,215
Births per 1,000 people
29.9
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
16,634,373
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%1,652
15-1995.513.0%90,193
20-24183.725.1%150,806
25-29171.823.4%104,418
30-34141.319.3%73,270
35-3995.813.1%53,535
40-4437.75.1%20,940
45-495.80.8%2,359
50-540.20.0%42