Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Guinea, 1978

Guinea
1978
Total fertility rate: 6.44
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Year

-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Guinea was 6.44 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (272 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 222,965 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.44
Births
222,965
Births per 1,000 people
45.7
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
4,877,854
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
10-1415.81.2%4,435
15-19151.511.8%36,717
20-24258.020.0%53,395
25-29272.221.1%48,090
30-34248.119.3%37,471
35-39193.215.0%25,761
40-44109.68.5%13,032
45-4936.62.8%3,851
50-542.30.2%215