Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Europe, 1978

Eastern Europe
1978
Total fertility rate: 2.06
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Europe was 2.06 children per woman in 1978 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (168 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.9 years old. In total, 4,871,673 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.06
Births
4,871,673
Births per 1,000 people
16.7
Mean age of mothers
25.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
291,319,122
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%1,349
15-1945.310.9%544,480
20-24168.340.4%2,150,911
25-29114.227.4%1,379,684
30-3460.414.5%513,599
35-3920.85.0%206,400
40-446.61.6%69,993
45-490.40.1%4,270
50-540.10.0%977