Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Pakistan, 1974

Pakistan
1974
Total fertility rate: 6.81
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Year

-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Pakistan was 6.81 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (331 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 2,938,627 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.81
Births
2,938,627
Births per 1,000 people
43.6
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.50
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
67,415,487
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
10-144.90.4%19,869
15-19115.38.5%377,845
20-24288.521.2%736,283
25-29331.224.3%744,070
30-34282.920.8%549,168
35-39212.915.6%345,512
40-44106.87.8%145,917
45-4917.11.3%19,345
50-540.70.0%618