Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1986

More developed regions
1986
Total fertility rate: 1.82
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-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 1.82 children per woman in 1986 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (122 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 15,959,466 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.82
Births
15,959,466
Births per 1,000 people
14.2
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
1,122,991,298
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%17,572
15-1932.28.8%1,324,130
20-24112.730.8%4,917,278
25-29122.133.4%5,496,183
30-3469.719.1%3,039,256
35-3924.06.6%1,013,413
40-444.31.2%143,140
45-490.20.1%7,565
50-540.00.0%913