Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1982

More developed regions
1982
Total fertility rate: 1.86
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-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 1.86 children per woman in 1982 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (123 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 16,107,514 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.86
Births
16,107,514
Births per 1,000 people
14.7
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
1,098,150,068
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%17,456
15-1935.59.5%1,507,624
20-24122.632.9%5,486,247
25-29122.932.9%5,379,345
30-3464.517.3%2,761,732
35-3922.76.1%788,701
40-444.31.2%154,409
45-490.30.1%10,451
50-540.00.0%1,522