Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Spain, 1979

Spain
1979
Total fertility rate: 2.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Spain was 2.37 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (157 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 603,239 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.37
Births
603,239
Births per 1,000 people
16.2
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.1
Population
37,230,372
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%486
15-1926.05.5%40,425
20-24122.926.0%171,503
25-29157.333.3%196,854
30-3498.720.9%121,804
35-3951.010.8%54,486
40-4414.63.1%15,798
45-491.50.3%1,775
50-540.10.0%112