Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 2012

More developed regions
2012
Total fertility rate: 1.67
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 1.67 children per woman in 2012 — 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 29.2 years old. In total, 13,914,855 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.67
Births
13,914,855
Births per 1,000 people
11.2
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
1,247,815,741
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%8,256
15-1919.65.8%681,863
20-2465.519.6%2,635,502
25-2998.029.3%4,122,480
30-3493.527.9%3,978,599
35-3947.514.2%2,027,725
40-449.93.0%436,483
45-490.50.2%23,650
50-540.00.0%273