Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lithuania, 1979

Lithuania
1979
Total fertility rate: 2.05
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lithuania was 2.05 children per woman in 1979 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (155 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 51,647 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.05
Births
51,647
Births per 1,000 people
15.2
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
3,404,736
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
15-1926.96.6%3,863
20-24154.737.9%20,639
25-29119.129.1%14,539
30-3465.516.0%7,450
35-3931.87.8%3,818
40-4410.02.4%1,246
45-490.70.2%89
50-540.00.0%0