Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Europe, 1997

Eastern Europe
1997
Total fertility rate: 1.29
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Europe was 1.29 children per woman in 1997 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (101 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.5 years old. In total, 2,846,726 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.29
Births
2,846,726
Births per 1,000 people
9.2
Mean age of mothers
25.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.61
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
308,023,914
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
10-140.20.1%2,296
15-1935.213.6%406,735
20-24101.239.3%1,136,549
25-2972.728.2%753,924
30-3433.513.0%359,113
35-3912.24.7%152,652
40-442.71.0%33,163
45-490.20.1%2,123
50-540.00.0%166