Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Indonesia, 1979

Indonesia
1979
Total fertility rate: 4.62
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Indonesia was 4.62 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (228 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 4,997,095 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.62
Births
4,997,095
Births per 1,000 people
34.4
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
145,434,834
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
10-1410.01.1%89,078
15-19116.812.6%899,052
20-24227.824.7%1,450,341
25-29217.523.5%1,083,521
30-34172.018.6%751,448
35-39114.612.4%480,488
40-4453.25.8%204,159
45-4911.41.2%37,335
50-540.60.1%1,674