Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1988

More developed regions
1988
Total fertility rate: 1.82
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 1.82 children per woman in 1988 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (120 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 15,844,788 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.82
Births
15,844,788
Births per 1,000 people
13.9
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
1,136,201,410
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%17,523
15-1932.79.0%1,339,539
20-24109.129.9%4,629,893
25-29120.033.0%5,416,437
30-3471.719.7%3,178,594
35-3925.06.9%1,075,059
40-445.01.4%180,272
45-490.20.1%6,636
50-540.00.0%833