Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Europe, 1998

Eastern Europe
1998
Total fertility rate: 1.27
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Europe was 1.27 children per woman in 1998 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (98 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.6 years old. In total, 2,806,221 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.27
Births
2,806,221
Births per 1,000 people
9.1
Mean age of mothers
25.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
307,056,025
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%2,255
15-1932.612.9%380,628
20-2497.838.6%1,110,839
25-2972.728.7%763,446
30-3434.813.7%363,258
35-3912.34.8%150,561
40-442.61.0%33,092
45-490.20.1%1,915
50-540.00.0%227