Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Other non-specified areas, 1978

Other non-specified areas
1978
Total fertility rate: 2.68
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Other non-specified areas was 2.68 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (217 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 417,069 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.68
Births
417,069
Births per 1,000 people
24.0
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.1
Population
17,373,728
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
10-140.90.2%899
15-1934.56.4%34,991
20-24191.635.4%175,566
25-29217.040.1%161,105
30-3471.213.2%32,919
35-3919.93.7%9,238
40-445.10.9%2,079
45-490.60.1%219
50-540.20.0%52