Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lithuania, 1978

Lithuania
1978
Total fertility rate: 2.08
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lithuania was 2.08 children per woman in 1978 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (153 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 51,658 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.08
Births
51,658
Births per 1,000 people
15.3
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
3,380,074
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%4
15-1926.96.5%3,894
20-24152.836.8%19,751
25-29122.629.5%14,942
30-3468.416.5%7,534
35-3933.68.1%4,132
40-4410.32.5%1,290
45-490.80.2%97
50-540.10.0%16