Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Mozambique

Total fertility rate in Mozambique in 2024 — 4.69 births. Ranked 10 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 25.7%.

2024 4.69 births −1.53% vs 2023
World rank 10of 217
Period maximum 6.7 births1971
Period minimum 4.69 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Mozambique, 1960–2024456719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.31 births1962: 6.42 births1964: 6.51 births1966: 6.58 births1968: 6.65 births1970: 6.7 births1972: 6.7 births1974: 6.67 births1976: 6.64 births1978: 6.59 births1980: 6.53 births1982: 6.43 births1984: 6.44 births1986: 6.41 births1988: 6.37 births1990: 6.32 births1992: 6.22 births1994: 6.08 births1996: 5.97 births1998: 5.91 births2000: 5.83 births2002: 5.67 births2004: 5.55 births2006: 5.45 births2008: 5.6 births2010: 5.66 births2012: 5.52 births2014: 5.3 births2016: 5.19 births2018: 5.07 births2020: 4.96 births2022: 4.84 births2024: 4.69 births
Change over the period: −1.62 (−25.7%) Average annual rate: -0.46 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mozambique

Mozambique 4.69 births
World 2.19 births
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births
Eastern Africa computed 4.06 births
Low-income countries computed 4.48 births
Total fertility rate — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 4.69 −0.07 −1.53%
2023 4.76 −0.08 −1.59%
2022 4.84 −0.07 −1.33%
2021 4.91 −0.05 −1.09%
2020 4.96 −0.06 −1.14%
2019 5.02 −0.05 −1.07%
2018 5.07 −0.06 −1.13%
2017 5.13 −0.06 −1.16%
2016 5.19 −0.06 −1.09%
2015 5.25 −0.06 −1.11%
2014 5.3 −0.13 −2.32%
2013 5.43 −0.09 −1.59%
2012 5.52 −0.08 −1.45%
2011 5.6 −0.06 −1.08%
2010 5.66 −0.02 −0.37%
2009 5.68 +0.08 +1.48%
2008 5.6 +0.13 +2.41%
2007 5.47 +0.01 +0.26%
2006 5.45 −0.05 −0.87%
2005 5.5 −0.05 −0.92%
2004 5.55 −0.05 −0.87%
2003 5.6 −0.07 −1.18%
2002 5.67 −0.09 −1.53%
2001 5.76 −0.08 −1.29%
2000 5.83 −0.04 −0.77%
1999 5.88 −0.03 −0.51%
1998 5.91 −0.03 −0.47%
1997 5.93 −0.04 −0.67%
1996 5.97 −0.05 −0.76%
1995 6.02 −0.06 −1.04%
1994 6.08 −0.07 −1.15%
1993 6.15 −0.07 −1.05%
1992 6.22 −0.06 −0.92%
1991 6.28 −0.04 −0.68%
1990 6.32 −0.03 −0.46%
1989 6.35 −0.02 −0.3%
1988 6.37 −0.03 −0.41%
1987 6.39 −0.02 −0.31%
1986 6.41 −0.02 −0.26%
1985 6.43 −0.01 −0.12%
1984 6.44 +0 +0.06%
1983 6.43 +0 +0.06%
1982 6.43 −0.05 −0.77%
1981 6.48 −0.05 −0.77%
1980 6.53 −0.03 −0.52%
1979 6.56 −0.03 −0.42%
1978 6.59 −0.03 −0.38%
1977 6.62 −0.02 −0.36%
1976 6.64 −0.02 −0.27%
1975 6.66 −0.01 −0.18%
1974 6.67 −0.03 −0.4%
1973 6.7 −0 −0.04%
1972 6.7 +0 +0%
1971 6.7 +0 +0.03%
1970 6.7 +0.03 +0.4%
1969 6.67 +0.03 +0.39%
1968 6.65 +0.04 +0.59%
1967 6.61 +0.03 +0.46%
1966 6.58 +0.03 +0.5%
1965 6.54 +0.03 +0.48%
1964 6.51 +0.04 +0.6%
1963 6.47 +0.05 +0.78%
1962 6.42 +0.06 +0.91%
1961 6.37 +0.05 +0.86%
1960 6.31

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.