Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1987

More developed regions
1987
Total fertility rate: 1.82
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-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 1.82 children per woman in 1987 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 15,928,517 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.82
Births
15,928,517
Births per 1,000 people
14.1
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
105.6
Population
1,129,552,739
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%17,182
15-1932.28.8%1,321,935
20-24110.630.3%4,758,629
25-29121.433.2%5,480,696
30-3471.019.4%3,123,779
35-3924.66.7%1,051,941
40-444.81.3%166,530
45-490.20.1%7,068
50-540.00.0%747