Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lithuania, 1968

Lithuania
1968
Total fertility rate: 2.31
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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lithuania was 2.31 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 54,149 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.31
Births
54,149
Births per 1,000 people
17.6
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
3,070,266
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%2
15-1919.74.3%2,267
20-24142.230.8%15,047
25-29139.530.2%16,872
30-3492.019.9%11,411
35-3949.910.8%6,353
40-4416.73.6%2,000
45-492.20.5%199
50-540.00.0%0