Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Turkey, 1956

Turkey
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.46
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Turkey was 6.46 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (322 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 1,166,237 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.46
Births
1,166,237
Births per 1,000 people
46.5
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
25,057,602
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
10-1411.80.9%14,797
15-19167.412.9%184,785
20-24321.724.8%334,004
25-29311.724.1%288,846
30-34242.118.7%192,924
35-39154.411.9%102,818
40-4475.35.8%42,657
45-4910.20.8%5,214
50-540.40.0%189