Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Equatorial Guinea, 1978

Equatorial Guinea
1978
Total fertility rate: 5.80
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Equatorial Guinea was 5.80 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (274 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 11,899 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.80
Births
11,899
Births per 1,000 people
43.0
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
276,531
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
10-1412.31.1%194
15-19154.313.3%2,098
20-24274.023.6%3,317
25-29257.322.2%2,770
30-34206.717.8%1,735
35-39156.813.5%1,151
40-4474.46.4%490
45-4923.12.0%139
50-541.40.1%6