Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Myanmar, 1997

Myanmar
1997
Total fertility rate: 2.98
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Myanmar was 2.98 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (154 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 1,060,479 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.98
Births
1,060,479
Births per 1,000 people
24.3
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
43,708,798
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
10-141.60.3%3,776
15-1942.57.1%95,652
20-24130.621.8%268,397
25-29153.625.7%286,706
30-34128.621.5%213,710
35-3991.415.3%132,243
40-4442.97.2%53,346
45-496.51.1%6,462
50-540.30.0%187