Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Central Asia, 1979

Central Asia
1979
Total fertility rate: 4.37
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central Asia was 4.37 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (259 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 1,288,652 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.37
Births
1,288,652
Births per 1,000 people
31.8
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
40,493,521
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
10-140.00.0%74
15-1936.54.2%82,174
20-24258.829.7%487,857
25-29241.127.6%373,453
30-34171.319.6%173,944
35-39104.111.9%101,560
40-4448.95.6%58,241
45-4911.01.3%10,537
50-540.90.1%803