Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zimbabwe, 2042

Zimbabwe
2042
Total fertility rate: 2.93
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe is projected at 2.93 children per woman in 2042 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 578,948 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.93
Births
578,948
Births per 1,000 people
25.2
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
23,000,894
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
10-141.00.2%1,180
15-1970.512.0%80,679
20-24141.624.1%150,272
25-29139.123.6%144,804
30-34120.020.4%116,037
35-3982.614.1%65,007
40-4429.65.0%19,210
45-493.70.6%1,727
50-540.10.0%32