Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Europe, 1999

Eastern Europe
1999
Total fertility rate: 1.22
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Eastern Europe was 1.22 children per woman in 1999 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (93 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.8 years old. In total, 2,706,532 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.22
Births
2,706,532
Births per 1,000 people
8.8
Mean age of mothers
25.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.57
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
305,906,471
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%2,347
15-1928.911.9%341,808
20-2492.538.1%1,061,469
25-2971.429.4%760,837
30-3435.214.5%360,186
35-3912.15.0%144,584
40-442.61.1%33,038
45-490.20.1%1,924
50-540.00.0%330