Fertility Rate: Mozambique
Mozambique's fertility rate is currently 4.69 births per woman as of 2024. # Mozambique Fertility Rate Mozambique's fertility rate stands at 4.
Current (2024)
4.69 births per woman
-1.5% y/y
Peak (1971)
6.701 births per woman
Low (2024)
4.69 births per woman
Source
World Bank World Development Indicators
1960–2024 · 65 pts
Fertility Rate — Mozambique
1960 — 2024
Fertility Rate — Mozambique
Analysis# Mozambique Fertility Rate
Mozambique's fertility rate stands at 4.69 births per woman in 2024, marking the lowest point in the nation's recorded demographic history. Since 1960, the rate has declined 25.7%, falling from a peak of 6.701 births per woman in 1971. This sustained decrease reflects shifting patterns in family planning, education access, and economic development across the country over more than five decades.
The past decade reveals consistent downward momentum, with the fertility rate dropping from 5.245 in 2015 to 4.69 in 2024—a reduction of 0.555 births per woman in just nine years. The accelerating pace of decline suggests that factors including improved contraceptive availability, rising female education levels, and urbanization continue reshaping reproductive behaviors. If current trajectories persist, Mozambique's fertility rate will likely continue its gradual descent in the coming years.
Historical Data
65 Rows| Year | Value | Change % |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.69 births per woman | -1.53% |
| 2023 | 4.763 births per woman | -1.59% |
| 2022 | 4.84 births per woman | -1.33% |
| 2021 | 4.905 births per woman | -1.09% |
| 2020 | 4.959 births per woman | -1.14% |
| 2019 | 5.016 births per woman | -1.07% |
| 2018 | 5.07 births per woman | -1.13% |
| 2017 | 5.128 births per woman | -1.16% |
| 2016 | 5.188 births per woman | -1.09% |
| 2015 | 5.245 births per woman | -1.11% |
| 2014 | 5.304 births per woman | -2.32% |
| 2013 | 5.43 births per woman | -1.59% |
| 2012 | 5.518 births per woman | -1.45% |
| 2011 | 5.599 births per woman | -1.08% |
| 2010 | 5.66 births per woman | -0.37% |
| 2009 | 5.681 births per woman | +1.48% |
| 2008 | 5.598 births per woman | +2.41% |
| 2007 | 5.466 births per woman | +0.26% |
| 2006 | 5.452 births per woman | -0.87% |
| 2005 | 5.5 births per woman | -0.92% |
Show all 65 rows
| Year | Value | Change % |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5.551 births per woman | -0.87% |
| 2003 | 5.6 births per woman | -1.18% |
| 2002 | 5.667 births per woman | -1.53% |
| 2001 | 5.755 births per woman | -1.29% |
| 2000 | 5.83 births per woman | -0.77% |
| 1999 | 5.875 births per woman | -0.51% |
| 1998 | 5.905 births per woman | -0.47% |
| 1997 | 5.933 births per woman | -0.67% |
| 1996 | 5.973 births per woman | -0.76% |
| 1995 | 6.019 births per woman | -1.04% |
| 1994 | 6.082 births per woman | -1.15% |
| 1993 | 6.153 births per woman | -1.05% |
| 1992 | 6.218 births per woman | -0.92% |
| 1991 | 6.276 births per woman | -0.68% |
| 1990 | 6.319 births per woman | -0.46% |
| 1989 | 6.348 births per woman | -0.30% |
| 1988 | 6.367 births per woman | -0.41% |
| 1987 | 6.393 births per woman | -0.31% |
| 1986 | 6.413 births per woman | -0.26% |
| 1985 | 6.43 births per woman | -0.12% |
| 1984 | 6.438 births per woman | +0.06% |
| 1983 | 6.434 births per woman | +0.06% |
| 1982 | 6.43 births per woman | -0.77% |
| 1981 | 6.48 births per woman | -0.77% |
| 1980 | 6.53 births per woman | -0.52% |
| 1979 | 6.564 births per woman | -0.42% |
| 1978 | 6.592 births per woman | -0.38% |
| 1977 | 6.617 births per woman | -0.36% |
| 1976 | 6.641 births per woman | -0.27% |
| 1975 | 6.659 births per woman | -0.18% |
| 1974 | 6.671 births per woman | -0.40% |
| 1973 | 6.698 births per woman | -0.04% |
| 1972 | 6.701 births per woman | +0.00% |
| 1971 | 6.701 births per woman | +0.03% |
| 1970 | 6.699 births per woman | +0.40% |
| 1969 | 6.672 births per woman | +0.39% |
| 1968 | 6.646 births per woman | +0.59% |
| 1967 | 6.607 births per woman | +0.46% |
| 1966 | 6.577 births per woman | +0.50% |
| 1965 | 6.544 births per woman | +0.48% |
| 1964 | 6.513 births per woman | +0.60% |
| 1963 | 6.474 births per woman | +0.78% |
| 1962 | 6.424 births per woman | +0.91% |
| 1961 | 6.366 births per woman | +0.86% |
| 1960 | 6.312 births per woman | — |
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