Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 2003

More developed regions
2003
Total fertility rate: 1.58
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 1.58 children per woman in 2003 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (95 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 13,225,512 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.58
Births
13,225,512
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
1,203,759,607
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%12,652
15-1923.97.6%955,736
20-2473.523.3%2,998,541
25-2994.630.0%3,895,556
30-3481.225.7%3,497,069
35-3935.411.2%1,555,243
40-446.42.0%296,312
45-490.30.1%13,686
50-540.00.0%695