Fertility & birth rates in Mozambique and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Mozambique vs Zimbabwe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mozambique was 4.76 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mozambique vs Zimbabwe population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mozambique	Zimbabwe
1960	6.31	7.2
1961	6.37	7.21
1962	6.42	7.23
1963	6.47	7.23
1964	6.51	7.23
1965	6.54	7.23
1966	6.58	7.2
1967	6.61	7.16
1968	6.65	7.11
1969	6.67	7.04
1970	6.7	6.98
1971	6.7	6.94
1972	6.7	6.94
1973	6.7	6.94
1974	6.67	6.88
1975	6.66	6.83
1976	6.64	6.77
1977	6.62	6.71
1978	6.59	6.66
1979	6.56	6.59
1980	6.53	6.52
1981	6.48	6.45
1982	6.43	6.33
1983	6.43	6.2
1984	6.44	6.04
1985	6.43	5.87
1986	6.41	5.69
1987	6.39	5.5
1988	6.37	5.28
1989	6.35	5.07
1990	6.32	4.88
1991	6.28	4.72
1992	6.22	4.57
1993	6.15	4.39
1994	6.08	4.28
1995	6.02	4.15
1996	5.97	4.11
1997	5.93	4.08
1998	5.91	4.07
1999	5.88	4.06
2000	5.83	4.01
2001	5.76	3.98
2002	5.67	3.93
2003	5.6	3.86
2004	5.55	3.78
2005	5.5	3.69
2006	5.45	3.64
2007	5.47	3.68
2008	5.6	3.78
2009	5.68	3.95
2010	5.66	4.04
2011	5.6	4.13
2012	5.52	4.13
2013	5.43	4.11
2014	5.3	4.01
2015	5.25	3.91
2016	5.19	3.83
2017	5.13	3.77
2018	5.07	3.74
2019	5.02	3.75
2020	4.96	3.75
2021	4.91	3.77
2022	4.84	3.77
2023	4.76	3.72
2024	4.69	3.67
2025	4.62	3.62
2026	4.54	3.57
2027	4.46	3.52
2028	4.39	3.47
2029	4.3	3.43
2030	4.23	3.38
2031	4.14	3.33
2032	4.06	3.29
2033	3.97	3.25
2034	3.89	3.21
2035	3.82	3.17
2036	3.75	3.13
2037	3.67	3.09
2038	3.6	3.06
2039	3.53	3.02
2040	3.47	2.99
2041	3.4	2.96
2042	3.34	2.93
2043	3.28	2.9
2044	3.22	2.87
2045	3.16	2.84
2046	3.11	2.81
2047	3.06	2.78
2048	3.01	2.75
2049	2.97	2.72
2050	2.92	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mozambique	Zimbabwe
1960	41%	47.3%
1961	41.2%	47.7%
1962	41.4%	48.1%
1963	41.6%	48.5%
1964	41.9%	48.8%
1965	42.2%	48.7%
1966	42.5%	48.6%
1967	42.7%	48.5%
1968	42.9%	48.5%
1969	43.1%	48.4%
1970	43.3%	48.3%
1971	43.4%	48.2%
1972	43.6%	48.2%
1973	43.7%	48.1%
1974	43.8%	48.1%
1975	44%	48.1%
1976	44.1%	48.2%
1977	44.3%	48.3%
1978	44.6%	48.5%
1979	44.9%	48.8%
1980	45.3%	48.7%
1981	45.6%	48.4%
1982	45.7%	48.3%
1983	45.8%	48.2%
1984	45.9%	48.1%
1985	45.9%	48%
1986	45.9%	47.9%
1987	45.9%	47.9%
1988	45.8%	47.9%
1989	45.7%	47.6%
1990	45.7%	47.1%
1991	45.6%	46.6%
1992	45.5%	46.8%
1993	45.4%	47.1%
1994	45.2%	46.6%
1995	45%	45.9%
1996	44.9%	45%
1997	44.8%	44%
1998	44.9%	43.1%
1999	45%	42.4%
2000	45.1%	41.9%
2001	45.1%	41.5%
2002	45.2%	41.4%
2003	45.3%	41.5%
2004	45.3%	41.7%
2005	45.3%	41.9%
2006	45.4%	42%
2007	45.4%	42.1%
2008	45.5%	42.4%
2009	45.6%	42.7%
2010	45.8%	43%
2011	45.8%	43.4%
2012	45.9%	43.7%
2013	45.8%	43.9%
2014	45.8%	43.9%
2015	45.7%	43.8%
2016	45.6%	43.6%
2017	45.5%	43.3%
2018	45.4%	42.9%
2019	45.3%	42.5%
2020	45.2%	42.2%
2021	45.1%	41.9%
2022	45%	41.6%
2023	44.8%	41.3%
2024	44.5%	40.9%
2025	44.2%	40.3%
2026	43.9%	39.6%
2027	43.5%	39%
2028	43.2%	38.4%
2029	42.9%	37.8%
2030	42.5%	37.4%
2031	42.2%	37%
2032	41.9%	36.8%
2033	41.5%	36.5%
2034	41.1%	36.3%
2035	40.7%	36.1%
2036	40.3%	35.8%
2037	39.9%	35.6%
2038	39.5%	35.3%
2039	39%	35.1%
2040	38.6%	34.8%
2041	38.2%	34.6%
2042	37.7%	34.3%
2043	37.3%	34.1%
2044	36.9%	33.8%
2045	36.4%	33.5%
2046	36%	33.2%
2047	35.6%	32.9%
2048	35.2%	32.6%
2049	34.8%	32.2%
2050	34.4%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 44.5% of the population in Mozambique and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mozambique and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Mozambique vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.08% in Mozambique and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Mozambique	Zimbabwe
1960	165,774	126,959
1961	171,236	131,531
1962	176,297	136,317
1963	180,867	140,984
1964	182,334	145,848
1965	185,931	151,164
1966	189,218	156,014
1967	193,044	161,205
1968	197,623	166,865
1969	202,174	172,626
1970	207,385	178,979
1971	211,137	185,427
1972	215,793	193,725
1973	226,847	201,885
1974	240,665	208,806
1975	257,984	216,947
1976	273,924	221,419
1977	289,193	225,139
1978	310,403	222,979
1979	331,162	223,657
1980	349,586	241,179
1981	322,207	271,361
1982	321,493	279,934
1983	324,158	286,545
1984	304,524	290,052
1985	307,625	290,756
1986	332,609	289,894
1987	334,438	286,766
1988	349,480	277,498
1989	348,833	270,838
1990	353,290	265,444
1991	357,676	260,943
1992	362,373	255,291
1993	369,518	228,045
1994	384,821	216,343
1995	421,630	206,695
1996	442,559	205,269
1997	461,209	216,288
1998	474,453	225,614
1999	491,814	232,393
2000	506,162	236,343
2001	519,594	227,909
2002	529,867	244,170
2003	540,992	243,057
2004	554,973	248,307
2005	570,132	248,545
2006	586,009	248,963
2007	610,913	261,805
2008	654,920	280,527
2009	693,673	309,316
2010	719,025	335,570
2011	741,303	359,572
2012	763,088	371,135
2013	784,641	374,757
2014	799,778	366,350
2015	824,435	356,203
2016	850,430	348,772
2017	876,594	344,035
2018	903,176	345,883
2019	927,581	348,798
2020	945,952	354,790
2021	951,234	349,908
2022	1,003,689	371,243
2023	1,025,334	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Mozambique vs Zimbabwe

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 99 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mozambique, compared to 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mozambique	Zimbabwe
1985	1,452	573
1986	1,355	525
1987	1,348	480
1988	1,259	431
1989	1,209	382
1990	1,150	353
1991	1,094	332
1992	1,046	333
1993	968	331
1994	902	332
1995	883	332
1996	819	352
1997	738	357
1998	694	368
1999	624	399
2000	547	405
2001	473	467
2002	398	418
2003	360	455
2004	321	451
2005	301	454
2006	298	480
2007	327	519
2008	365	526
2009	352	540
2010	305	567
2011	268	564
2012	218	558
2013	196	525
2014	210	468
2015	216	428
2016	202	411
2017	187	389
2018	159	386
2019	134	388
2020	123	380
2021	180	446
2022	104	368
2023	99	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.17% in Mozambique and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Mozambique	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.4%
1963	26.5%	14%
1964	26.7%	13.5%
1965	26.8%	13.1%
1966	26.8%	12.7%
1967	26.9%	12.4%
1968	26.9%	12.1%
1969	26.9%	11.8%
1970	26.8%	11.7%
1971	26.7%	11.5%
1972	26.6%	11.5%
1973	26.4%	11.4%
1974	26.3%	11.4%
1975	26.1%	11.4%
1976	26%	11.5%
1977	25.8%	11.5%
1978	25.7%	11.5%
1979	25.7%	11.3%
1980	25.6%	11.1%
1981	25.6%	10.7%
1982	25.5%	10.1%
1983	25.3%	9.5%
1984	25.1%	8.87%
1985	24.8%	8.31%
1986	24.5%	7.86%
1987	24.2%	7.61%
1988	23.9%	7.55%
1989	23.6%	7.69%
1990	23.3%	7.97%
1991	23%	8.33%
1992	22.6%	8.73%
1993	22.1%	9.16%
1994	21.6%	9.52%
1995	20.9%	9.83%
1996	20.1%	10%
1997	19.2%	10.1%
1998	18.2%	10%
1999	17.2%	9.92%
2000	16.3%	9.83%
2001	15.4%	9.79%
2002	14.6%	8.48%
2003	13.9%	8.85%
2004	13.2%	9.17%
2005	12.5%	9.23%
2006	11.8%	9.4%
2007	11%	9.47%
2008	10.4%	9.34%
2009	9.75%	9.03%
2010	9.5%	8.5%
2011	9.05%	7.88%
2012	8.63%	7.14%
2013	8.26%	6.55%
2014	7.92%	6.18%
2015	7.51%	5.98%
2016	7.23%	5.69%
2017	7.09%	5.5%
2018	6.95%	5.23%
2019	6.83%	5.11%
2020	6.73%	5.01%
2021	6.58%	4.76%
2022	6.43%	4.6%
2023	6.17%	4.42%