Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Pakistan, 1998

Pakistan
1998
Total fertility rate: 5.51
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Pakistan was 5.51 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (285 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 5,474,475 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.51
Births
5,474,475
Births per 1,000 people
37.4
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.9
Population
146,522,356
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
10-143.40.3%31,202
15-1981.17.4%606,178
20-24247.622.5%1,490,816
25-29285.125.9%1,439,366
30-34234.621.3%1,031,010
35-39158.614.4%606,424
40-4473.66.7%229,885
45-4915.81.4%37,806
50-540.90.1%1,788