Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1978

Bosnia and Herzegovina
1978
Total fertility rate: 2.08
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 2.08 children per woman in 1978 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (147 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 73,450 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.08
Births
73,450
Births per 1,000 people
18.0
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
4,078,240
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.20.0%32
15-1939.49.5%8,671
20-24147.235.3%29,719
25-29120.929.0%20,635
30-3466.015.8%8,401
35-3932.37.7%4,366
40-449.92.4%1,460
45-491.30.3%163
50-540.00.0%0