Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Latvia, 1978

Latvia
1978
Total fertility rate: 1.85
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Latvia was 1.85 children per woman in 1978 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (146 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 33,897 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.85
Births
33,897
Births per 1,000 people
13.6
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
2,497,362
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
10-140.10.0%5
15-1935.09.4%3,211
20-24146.539.5%13,760
25-29103.127.8%9,481
30-3455.615.0%4,489
35-3924.06.5%2,351
40-446.01.6%568
45-490.30.1%30
50-540.00.0%0