Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Denmark, 1987

Denmark
1987
Total fertility rate: 1.50
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Year

-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Denmark was 1.50 children per woman in 1987 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (123 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 56,200 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.50
Births
56,200
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
5,127,132
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%5
15-199.63.2%1,743
20-2470.523.6%14,338
25-29122.741.1%22,474
30-3471.423.9%12,989
35-3921.27.1%3,981
40-443.31.1%657
45-490.10.0%15
50-540.00.0%0