Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1974

More developed regions
1974
Total fertility rate: 2.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 2.08 children per woman in 1974 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 16,532,998 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.08
Births
16,532,998
Births per 1,000 people
15.9
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
1,042,520,056
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%21,841
15-1939.19.4%1,716,940
20-24137.733.0%5,893,191
25-29137.332.9%5,329,878
30-3466.716.0%2,299,986
35-3928.46.8%998,936
40-447.41.8%247,750
45-490.60.2%22,500
50-540.10.0%1,982