Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1996

More developed regions
1996
Total fertility rate: 1.56
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1996  +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 1.56 children per woman in 1996 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (98 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 13,295,860 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.56
Births
13,295,860
Births per 1,000 people
11.3
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
1,178,129,955
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%18,562
15-1929.29.4%1,154,876
20-2480.725.8%3,294,162
25-2997.931.4%4,156,811
30-3471.622.9%3,201,154
35-3927.28.7%1,245,861
40-444.91.6%213,963
45-490.20.1%10,028
50-540.00.0%414