Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Other non-specified areas, 1997

Other non-specified areas
1997
Total fertility rate: 1.74
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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Other non-specified areas was 1.74 children per woman in 1997 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (143 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 322,022 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.74
Births
322,022
Births per 1,000 people
14.7
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.9
Population
21,885,328
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
10-140.50.2%444
15-1915.04.3%14,873
20-2477.422.4%70,518
25-29142.741.2%131,302
30-3485.524.7%81,837
35-3922.16.4%20,679
40-442.70.8%2,280
45-490.10.0%59
50-540.10.0%29