Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 2007

More developed regions
2007
Total fertility rate: 1.67
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 1.67 children per woman in 2007 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (98 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 13,956,258 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.67
Births
13,956,258
Births per 1,000 people
11.4
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
1,222,224,061
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%11,538
15-1924.47.3%949,060
20-2473.321.9%3,001,073
25-2997.929.3%4,077,560
30-3488.026.3%3,708,540
35-3942.212.6%1,842,763
40-447.82.3%348,216
45-490.40.1%17,111
50-540.00.0%393