Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1979

Bosnia and Herzegovina
1979
Total fertility rate: 1.99
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The total fertility rate of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 1.99 children per woman in 1979 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (143 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 71,456 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.99
Births
71,456
Births per 1,000 people
17.4
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
4,113,300
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
10-140.10.0%31
15-1937.19.3%8,195
20-24143.435.9%29,018
25-29117.029.3%20,626
30-3463.515.9%8,499
35-3928.77.2%3,665
40-448.72.2%1,278
45-491.10.3%146
50-540.00.0%0