Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Europe, 1979

Eastern Europe
1979
Total fertility rate: 2.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Europe was 2.05 children per woman in 1979 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (169 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.7 years old. In total, 4,875,078 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.05
Births
4,875,078
Births per 1,000 people
16.6
Mean age of mothers
25.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
293,046,872
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%1,364
15-1946.811.3%547,624
20-24168.941.0%2,151,511
25-29111.827.1%1,372,203
30-3458.914.3%561,275
35-3919.44.7%169,915
40-445.91.4%66,476
45-490.40.1%3,722
50-540.10.0%995