Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Spain, 1988

Spain
1988
Total fertility rate: 1.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Spain was 1.44 children per woman in 1988 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (106 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 423,051 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.44
Births
423,051
Births per 1,000 people
10.9
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.2
Population
38,952,264
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
10-140.10.0%215
15-1914.85.1%23,661
20-2458.620.2%95,183
25-29106.236.7%161,480
30-3473.825.5%98,272
35-3928.59.8%34,958
40-447.22.5%8,617
45-490.60.2%619
50-540.00.0%47