Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Maldives, 1978

Maldives
1978
Total fertility rate: 7.23
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Maldives was 7.23 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (326 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 7,279 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.23
Births
7,279
Births per 1,000 people
46.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
156,159
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
10-148.00.6%73
15-19171.711.9%1,384
20-24325.822.6%1,986
25-29310.721.5%1,512
30-34294.320.4%1,182
35-39220.415.3%785
40-4494.36.5%303
45-4918.11.3%48
50-540.70.1%1