Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 2006

More developed regions
2006
Total fertility rate: 1.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 1.63 children per woman in 2006 — 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 28.6 years old. In total, 13,670,716 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.63
Births
13,670,716
Births per 1,000 people
11.2
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
1,217,068,980
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%11,915
15-1924.07.3%943,446
20-2472.622.2%2,976,733
25-2996.129.4%4,002,816
30-3485.526.2%3,626,650
35-3940.412.4%1,759,854
40-447.42.3%332,669
45-490.40.1%16,247
50-540.00.0%372