Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1994

More developed regions
1994
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 1.60 children per woman in 1994 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (101 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 13,722,301 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
13,722,301
Births per 1,000 people
11.7
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
1,170,433,542
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
10-140.50.2%20,970
15-1932.110.0%1,265,157
20-2486.426.9%3,584,015
25-29101.331.6%4,314,870
30-3469.521.7%3,164,456
35-3925.88.1%1,164,346
40-444.61.4%198,784
45-490.20.1%9,089
50-540.00.0%606