Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 2002

More developed regions
2002
Total fertility rate: 1.56
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +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 2002 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (94 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 13,041,931 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.56
Births
13,041,931
Births per 1,000 people
10.9
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
1,198,902,483
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
10-140.30.1%13,204
15-1924.27.8%968,079
20-2473.823.7%2,992,279
25-2994.030.2%3,869,687
30-3479.325.5%3,418,145
35-3933.510.8%1,486,598
40-446.12.0%280,347
45-490.30.1%12,884
50-540.00.0%676