Mozambique - Fertility Rate 2016
5.19
−0.06 from 2015
Mozambique's fertility rate was 5.19 in 2016, decreased +0.06 from 5.25 in 2015. This was the 204th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | British Virgin Islands | 0.99 | -16.8% |
| 2nd | San Marino | 1.13 | -5.8% |
| 3rd | Macao SAR, China | 1.14 | -0.4% |
| 4th | Korea | 1.17 | -5.4% |
| 5th | Andorra | 1.18 | -3.2% |
| 6th | Singapore | 1.20 | -3.2% |
| 7th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.21 | 0.8% |
| 8th | Cayman Islands | 1.23 | -3.0% |
| 9th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.24 | -7.0% |
| 10th | Spain | 1.33 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Cyprus | 1.36 | 2.6% |
| 12th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.36 | 2.9% |
| 13th | Italy | 1.36 | 0.0% |
| 14th | United Arab Emirates | 1.37 | -3.6% |
| 15th | Malta | 1.37 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Portugal | 1.37 | 4.6% |
| 17th | Greece | 1.38 | 3.8% |
| 18th | Poland | 1.39 | 5.3% |
| 19th | Ukraine | 1.39 | 0.3% |
| 20th | Mauritius | 1.40 | 2.9% |
| 21st | Thailand | 1.40 | -3.5% |
| 22nd | Luxembourg | 1.41 | -4.1% |
| 23rd | Croatia | 1.43 | 1.4% |
| 24th | Japan | 1.44 | -0.7% |
| 25th | Bermuda | 1.45 | 0.7% |
| 26th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.46 | -7.0% |
| 27th | Channel Islands | 1.46 | -2.7% |
| 28th | Serbia | 1.46 | 0.0% |
| 29th | St. Lucia | 1.46 | -0.8% |
| 30th | Jamaica | 1.46 | -2.9% |
| 31st | Slovak Republic | 1.48 | 5.7% |
| 32nd | Bahamas, The | 1.50 | -5.0% |
| 33rd | North Macedonia | 1.50 | 0.7% |
| 34th | Austria | 1.53 | 2.7% |
| 35th | Hungary | 1.53 | 5.5% |
| 36th | Switzerland | 1.54 | 0.0% |
| 37th | Albania | 1.56 | -4.7% |
| 38th | Finland | 1.57 | -4.8% |
| 39th | European Union | 1.57 | 2.0% |
| 40th | Slovenia | 1.58 | 0.6% |
| 41st | Dominica | 1.58 | -4.1% |
| 42nd | Canada | 1.59 | -0.6% |
| 43rd | Armenia | 1.60 | 0.0% |
| 44th | Cuba | 1.60 | -5.0% |
| 45th | Germany | 1.60 | 6.7% |
| 46th | Estonia | 1.60 | 1.3% |
| 47th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.60 | 0.2% |
| 48th | Liechtenstein | 1.61 | 15.0% |
| 49th | Grenada | 1.62 | -5.8% |
| 50th | Czechia | 1.63 | 3.8% |
| 51st | Lithuania | 1.63 | 0.0% |
| 52nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.63 | -0.6% |
| 53rd | Kosovo | 1.64 | -6.9% |
| 54th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.64 | -5.2% |
| 55th | Netherlands | 1.66 | 0.0% |
| 56th | Bulgaria | 1.67 | 1.8% |
| 57th | Belgium | 1.68 | -1.2% |
| 58th | Chile | 1.69 | -2.9% |
| 59th | Romania | 1.69 | 4.3% |
| 60th | Curaçao | 1.70 | -10.5% |
| 61st | Norway | 1.71 | -0.6% |
| 62nd | Isle of Man | 1.71 | -2.0% |
| 63rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.71 | -0.3% |
| 64th | Colombia | 1.72 | -2.9% |
| 65th | Barbados | 1.72 | -0.1% |
| 66th | Brazil | 1.73 | -2.8% |
| 67th | Belarus | 1.73 | 0.5% |
| 68th | Bhutan | 1.74 | -5.3% |
| 69th | Iceland | 1.74 | -3.3% |
| 70th | Latvia | 1.74 | 2.4% |
| 71st | Costa Rica | 1.75 | -2.8% |
| 72nd | Australia | 1.75 | -3.4% |
| 73rd | Russian Federation | 1.76 | -0.8% |
| 74th | French Polynesia | 1.76 | -5.8% |
| 75th | China | 1.77 | 6.1% |
| 76th | Denmark | 1.79 | 4.7% |
| 77th | United Kingdom | 1.79 | -0.6% |
| 78th | Montenegro | 1.80 | 5.9% |
| 79th | Ireland | 1.81 | -2.2% |
| 80th | United States | 1.82 | -1.2% |
| 81st | Aruba | 1.85 | -2.7% |
| 82nd | Sweden | 1.85 | 0.0% |
| 83rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.86 | -0.4% |
| 84th | Qatar | 1.86 | -6.1% |
| 85th | New Zealand | 1.87 | -6.0% |
| 86th | Moldova | 1.89 | 1.1% |
| 87th | Azerbaijan | 1.90 | -2.1% |
| 88th | Maldives | 1.90 | -5.0% |
| 89th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.92 | -1.6% |
| 90th | France | 1.92 | -2.0% |
| 91st | Gibraltar | 1.94 | -6.5% |
| 92nd | Malaysia | 1.94 | -3.3% |
| 93rd | El Salvador | 1.97 | -4.9% |
| 94th | Cabo Verde | 1.97 | -0.1% |
| 95th | Uruguay | 1.97 | -3.7% |
| 96th | Greenland | 2.00 | -0.5% |
| 97th | Viet Nam | 2.00 | -4.8% |
| 98th | Bahrain | 2.04 | -3.4% |
| 99th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.05 | 1.8% |
| 100th | Palau | 2.06 | 2.6% |
| 101st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.06 | -3.7% |
| 102nd | Kuwait | 2.06 | 1.5% |
| 103rd | Sri Lanka | 2.06 | -1.3% |
| 104th | New Caledonia | 2.08 | 0.0% |
| 105th | Mexico | 2.09 | -2.4% |
| 106th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.09 | -0.9% |
| 107th | Türkiye | 2.11 | -2.3% |
| 108th | Ecuador | 2.12 | -3.9% |
| 109th | Peru | 2.19 | -1.8% |
| 110th | Nepal | 2.23 | -2.1% |
| 111th | Bangladesh | 2.23 | 0.0% |
| 112th | Georgia | 2.23 | 0.6% |
| 113th | Argentina | 2.24 | -4.6% |
| 114th | South Africa | 2.26 | -4.2% |
| 115th | Myanmar | 2.27 | 0.2% |
| 116th | Tunisia | 2.28 | -1.3% |
| 117th | India | 2.28 | -0.2% |
| 118th | Indonesia | 2.31 | -1.5% |
| 119th | Lebanon | 2.39 | 0.3% |
| 120th | Seychelles | 2.39 | 3.5% |
| 121st | Belize | 2.40 | -1.5% |
| 122nd | Morocco | 2.40 | -0.4% |
| 123rd | Nicaragua | 2.41 | -1.1% |
| 124th | Dominican Republic | 2.41 | -0.8% |
| 125th | Suriname | 2.50 | -2.7% |
| 126th | Panama | 2.50 | -1.1% |
| 127th | Fiji | 2.52 | -1.9% |
| 128th | Uzbekistan | 2.56 | -0.7% |
| 129th | Monaco | 2.58 | 3.0% |
| 130th | Paraguay | 2.62 | -0.8% |
| 131st | Guyana | 2.63 | -1.2% |
| 132nd | Faroe Islands | 2.64 | 8.7% |
| 133rd | St. Martin (French part) | 2.64 | -0.8% |
| 134th | Saudi Arabia | 2.65 | 0.8% |
| 135th | Libya | 2.67 | -1.4% |
| 136th | Philippines | 2.68 | -5.3% |
| 137th | American Samoa | 2.70 | -2.9% |
| 138th | Honduras | 2.70 | -1.5% |
| 139th | Cambodia | 2.73 | -0.1% |
| 140th | Lao PDR | 2.74 | -1.9% |
| 141st | Kazakhstan | 2.80 | 1.5% |
| 142nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.83 | -2.0% |
| 143rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.92 | -6.7% |
| 144th | Oman | 2.95 | -0.5% |
| 145th | Djibouti | 2.97 | -2.4% |
| 146th | Guatemala | 2.97 | -1.8% |
| 147th | Botswana | 2.99 | -0.6% |
| 148th | Turkmenistan | 2.99 | -1.4% |
| 149th | Mongolia | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 150th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 3.00 | -1.6% |
| 151st | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.01 | -1.8% |
| 152nd | Haiti | 3.05 | -1.8% |
| 153rd | Eswatini | 3.07 | -1.7% |
| 154th | Jordan | 3.07 | -2.2% |
| 155th | Algeria | 3.09 | 0.0% |
| 156th | Marshall Islands | 3.09 | -1.3% |
| 157th | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.10 | -3.1% |
| 158th | Israel | 3.11 | 0.6% |
| 159th | Guam | 3.17 | 8.1% |
| 160th | Lesotho | 3.18 | -1.2% |
| 161st | Tuvalu | 3.30 | -0.3% |
| 162nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.35 | -4.3% |
| 163rd | Kiribati | 3.38 | -1.8% |
| 164th | Tajikistan | 3.38 | -2.2% |
| 165th | Tonga | 3.46 | -2.2% |
| 166th | Papua New Guinea | 3.50 | -1.8% |
| 167th | Namibia | 3.57 | -0.8% |
| 168th | Timor-Leste | 3.58 | -5.2% |
| 169th | Kenya | 3.69 | -2.0% |
| 170th | Zimbabwe | 3.83 | -2.1% |
| 171st | Iraq | 3.84 | -5.8% |
| 172nd | Ghana | 3.87 | -2.7% |
| 173rd | West Bank and Gaza | 3.89 | -2.3% |
| 174th | Pakistan | 3.90 | -2.2% |
| 175th | Vanuatu | 3.92 | -0.9% |
| 176th | Gabon | 3.92 | 0.0% |
| 177th | Nauru | 4.03 | -1.2% |
| 178th | Rwanda | 4.11 | 0.0% |
| 179th | Eritrea | 4.16 | -1.3% |
| 180th | Solomon Islands | 4.20 | -2.1% |
| 181st | São Tomé and Principe | 4.20 | -3.5% |
| 182nd | Malawi | 4.22 | -3.8% |
| 183rd | Samoa | 4.26 | -1.9% |
| 184th | Madagascar | 4.29 | -1.2% |
| 185th | Comoros | 4.35 | -1.6% |
| 186th | Liberia | 4.46 | -1.4% |
| 187th | Sierra Leone | 4.47 | -1.8% |
| 188th | Guinea-Bissau | 4.52 | -3.0% |
| 189th | Congo, Republic of | 4.55 | -1.3% |
| 190th | South Sudan | 4.58 | -2.5% |
| 191st | Yemen, Republic of | 4.61 | -0.1% |
| 192nd | Togo | 4.63 | -0.6% |
| 193rd | Senegal | 4.65 | -2.2% |
| 194th | Zambia | 4.67 | -2.2% |
| 195th | Equatorial Guinea | 4.69 | -1.8% |
| 196th | Gambia, The | 4.81 | -3.9% |
| 197th | Sudan | 4.83 | -1.4% |
| 198th | Cameroon | 4.84 | 0.0% |
| 199th | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.87 | -2.0% |
| 200th | Guinea | 4.92 | -1.7% |
| 201st | Tanzania | 5.01 | -0.4% |
| 202nd | Uganda | 5.11 | -2.6% |
| 203rd | Mauritania | 5.16 | -1.0% |
| 204th | Mozambique | 5.19 | -1.1% |
| 205th | Benin | 5.25 | -1.2% |
| 206th | Burkina Faso | 5.33 | -2.7% |
| 207th | Nigeria | 5.34 | -2.9% |
| 208th | Afghanistan | 5.54 | -1.9% |
| 209th | Burundi | 5.59 | -1.9% |
| 210th | Angola | 5.69 | -1.5% |
| 211th | Central African Republic | 6.13 | 0.0% |
| 212th | Mali | 6.32 | -1.0% |
| 213th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.39 | -0.7% |
| 214th | Chad | 6.62 | -1.2% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 6.88 | -1.4% |
| 216th | Niger | 7.04 | -2.4% |
FAQ
What was Mozambique's fertility rate in 2016?▾
Mozambique's fertility rate in 2016 was 5.19. This ranked 204th globally.
How did Mozambique's fertility rate change in 2016?▾
Mozambique's fertility rate decreased by 1.1% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 2016?▾
Niger had the highest fertility rate in 2016 at 7.04.
What is the fertility rate of Mozambique in 2016?▾
The fertility rate of Mozambique in 2016 was 5.19. This ranked 204th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Mozambique's fertility rate?▾
Mozambique's fertility rate went from 5.25 in 2015 to 5.19 in 2016, a 1.1% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Mozambique matched the Currency Crisis Pattern pattern in 2016. Historically: 128 occurrences, 35 successful (27%). Outcome 24 months later: 3.9%. View full analysis →
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