Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Togo, 1978

Togo
1978
Total fertility rate: 6.98
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Togo was 6.98 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (296 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 130,642 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.98
Births
130,642
Births per 1,000 people
47.2
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.54
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
2,768,148
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
10-1410.90.8%1,867
15-19135.89.7%19,300
20-24268.019.2%31,922
25-29295.721.2%29,587
30-34272.219.5%22,379
35-39231.916.6%15,549
40-44141.610.1%8,096
45-4938.02.7%1,851
50-542.20.2%91