Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Europe, 2003

Eastern Europe
2003
Total fertility rate: 1.28
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Europe was 1.28 children per woman in 2003 — 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 26.4 years old. In total, 2,915,750 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.28
Births
2,915,750
Births per 1,000 people
9.7
Mean age of mothers
26.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.61
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
301,343,416
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%2,158
15-1926.510.3%325,955
20-2486.833.9%1,021,818
25-2979.431.0%898,414
30-3444.317.3%466,096
35-3915.86.2%165,086
40-442.81.1%34,284
45-490.10.1%1,611
50-540.00.0%323