Fertility in More developed regions, 1980

More developed regions
1980
Total fertility rate: 1.89
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 1.89 children per woman in 1980 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.4 years old. In total, 16,178,577 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.89
Births
16,178,577
Births per 1,000 people
14.9
Mean age of mothers
26.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
1,085,007,465
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
10-140.40.1%17,943
15-1937.09.7%1,615,798
20-24127.233.5%5,637,258
25-29124.232.7%5,357,881
30-3465.017.1%2,670,446
35-3920.75.5%693,136
40-444.81.3%171,916
45-490.40.1%12,158
50-540.10.0%2,011