Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 2028

Zimbabwe
2028
Total fertility rate: 3.47
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe is projected at 3.47 children per woman in 2028 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (173 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.1 years old. In total, 518,464 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.47
Births
518,464
Births per 1,000 people
28.9
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.59
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
17,932,008
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
10-141.40.2%1,556
15-1989.112.8%97,250
20-24172.624.9%154,250
25-29162.623.4%123,424
30-34135.719.6%74,435
35-3993.213.4%46,191
40-4433.54.8%18,692
45-495.20.7%2,618
50-540.10.0%48