Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Italy, 1991

Italy
1991
Total fertility rate: 1.30
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1991  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Italy was 1.30 children per woman in 1991 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (93 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 562,802 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.30
Births
562,802
Births per 1,000 people
9.9
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
57,075,394
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
10-140.00.0%12
15-198.53.2%17,682
20-2451.319.6%114,792
25-2993.335.6%213,283
30-3473.528.1%149,766
35-3929.711.3%56,497
40-445.22.0%10,366
45-490.20.1%402
50-540.00.0%0