Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1972

More developed regions
1972
Total fertility rate: 2.19
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-5 -1   1972  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 2.19 children per woman in 1972 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (143 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 16,736,083 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.19
Births
16,736,083
Births per 1,000 people
16.3
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
1,026,163,897
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
10-140.50.1%21,102
15-1939.49.0%1,704,372
20-24143.132.6%6,080,961
25-29141.132.2%4,899,475
30-3472.816.6%2,612,661
35-3932.57.4%1,094,326
40-448.51.9%294,934
45-490.80.2%26,347
50-540.10.0%1,902