Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Portugal, 1987

Portugal
1987
Total fertility rate: 1.62
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Portugal was 1.62 children per woman in 1987 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (103 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 121,578 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.62
Births
121,578
Births per 1,000 people
12.2
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
10,001,993
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
10-140.30.1%139
15-1928.18.7%11,316
20-2498.930.5%39,295
25-29102.831.7%38,866
30-3460.218.6%20,871
35-3925.67.9%8,544
40-447.42.3%2,280
45-490.80.3%240
50-540.10.0%27