Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Guinea, 1972

Guinea
1972
Total fertility rate: 6.28
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Year

-5 -1   1972  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Guinea was 6.28 children per woman in 1972 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (266 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 202,044 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.28
Births
202,044
Births per 1,000 people
45.6
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
4,431,292
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
10-1421.21.7%5,218
15-19159.512.7%34,491
20-24254.620.3%47,846
25-29265.521.1%42,908
30-34237.918.9%33,904
35-39182.714.5%23,132
40-4498.17.8%10,964
45-4934.72.8%3,389
50-542.30.2%193