Fertility in Croatia, 2005

Croatia
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.51
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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Croatia was 1.51 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (105 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 42,452 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.51
Births
42,452
Births per 1,000 people
9.8
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
4,313,946
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%9
15-1915.35.1%1,953
20-2471.123.6%9,968
25-29104.834.8%14,932
30-3476.825.5%10,678
35-3928.19.3%4,129
40-444.71.6%742
45-490.30.1%43
50-540.00.0%0