Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1985

Bosnia and Herzegovina
1985
Total fertility rate: 1.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1985  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 1.96 children per woman in 1985 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.3 years old. In total, 76,863 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.96
Births
76,863
Births per 1,000 people
17.8
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
4,330,364
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%18
15-1939.39.9%7,932
20-24144.436.6%30,845
25-29121.330.7%23,646
30-3460.215.3%10,460
35-3923.86.0%3,263
40-445.31.3%623
45-490.50.1%74
50-540.00.0%0