Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Spain, 1978

Spain
1978
Total fertility rate: 2.54
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Spain was 2.54 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (168 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 637,702 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.54
Births
637,702
Births per 1,000 people
17.3
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.2
Population
36,904,968
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%443
15-1926.05.1%39,796
20-24130.825.8%178,034
25-29167.933.1%211,169
30-34107.221.2%130,272
35-3955.811.0%56,476
40-4417.03.4%19,470
45-491.60.3%1,923
50-540.10.0%117