Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 2004

More developed regions
2004
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 1.60 children per woman in 2004 — 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 28.4 years old. In total, 13,366,831 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
13,366,831
Births per 1,000 people
11.1
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
1,208,237,109
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%12,560
15-1923.87.5%950,188
20-2473.122.9%2,992,766
25-2994.929.8%3,916,356
30-3482.625.9%3,547,019
35-3937.211.7%1,621,472
40-446.82.1%311,472
45-490.30.1%14,443
50-540.00.0%535