Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1998

More developed regions
1998
Total fertility rate: 1.55
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 1.55 children per woman in 1998 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (96 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 13,111,296 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.55
Births
13,111,296
Births per 1,000 people
11.1
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
1,184,498,831
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%16,347
15-1927.58.9%1,091,248
20-2477.825.1%3,139,208
25-2995.730.9%4,056,646
30-3474.123.9%3,230,277
35-3929.09.4%1,331,960
40-445.31.7%234,281
45-490.30.1%10,726
50-540.00.0%562