Zimbabwe | Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year. Development relevance: Reproductive health is a state of physical and mental well-being in relation to the reproductive system and its functions and processes. Means of achieving reproductive health include education and services during pregnancy and childbirth, safe and effective contraception, and prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age in developing countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Total fertility rates are based on data on registered live births from vital registration systems or, in the absence of such systems, from censuses or sample surveys. The estimated rates are generally considered reliable measures of fertility in the recent past. Where no empirical information on age-specific fertility rates is available, a model is used to estimate the share of births to adolescents. For countries without vital registration systems fertility rates are generally based on extrapolations from trends observed in censuses or surveys from earlier years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Zimbabwe
Records
63
Source
Zimbabwe | Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
7.22 1960
7.233 1961
7.255 1962
7.253 1963
7.261 1964
7.258 1965
7.24 1966
7.215 1967
7.193 1968
7.139 1969
7.094 1970
7.059 1971
7.062 1972
7.07 1973
7.043 1974
6.977 1975
6.91 1976
6.845 1977
6.774 1978
6.703 1979
6.614 1980
6.511 1981
6.382 1982
6.246 1983
6.083 1984
5.895 1985
5.697 1986
5.504 1987
5.288 1988
5.081 1989
4.873 1990
4.714 1991
4.567 1992
4.386 1993
4.27 1994
4.154 1995
4.109 1996
4.063 1997
4.032 1998
4.009 1999
3.974 2000
3.954 2001
3.887 2002
3.821 2003
3.738 2004
3.665 2005
3.62 2006
3.652 2007
3.774 2008
3.945 2009
4.025 2010
4.096 2011
4.096 2012
4.064 2013
3.962 2014
3.849 2015
3.771 2016
3.706 2017
3.659 2018
3.599 2019
3.545 2020
3.491 2021
2022

Zimbabwe | Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year. Development relevance: Reproductive health is a state of physical and mental well-being in relation to the reproductive system and its functions and processes. Means of achieving reproductive health include education and services during pregnancy and childbirth, safe and effective contraception, and prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age in developing countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Total fertility rates are based on data on registered live births from vital registration systems or, in the absence of such systems, from censuses or sample surveys. The estimated rates are generally considered reliable measures of fertility in the recent past. Where no empirical information on age-specific fertility rates is available, a model is used to estimate the share of births to adolescents. For countries without vital registration systems fertility rates are generally based on extrapolations from trends observed in censuses or surveys from earlier years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Zimbabwe
Records
63
Source