Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Europe, 2002

Eastern Europe
2002
Total fertility rate: 1.25
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Europe was 1.25 children per woman in 2002 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (87 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.3 years old. In total, 2,813,147 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.25
Births
2,813,147
Births per 1,000 people
9.3
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.59
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
302,250,148
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%2,151
15-1926.110.5%321,448
20-2487.435.0%1,011,992
25-2976.930.8%855,970
30-3441.616.7%432,272
35-3914.45.8%153,800
40-442.71.1%33,528
45-490.10.1%1,604
50-540.00.0%376