Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Turkey, 1978

Turkey
1978
Total fertility rate: 4.69
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Turkey was 4.69 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (273 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 1,505,200 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.69
Births
1,505,200
Births per 1,000 people
34.5
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
43,645,306
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
10-144.50.5%11,594
15-19110.311.8%244,724
20-24272.929.1%505,082
25-29239.725.6%370,079
30-34165.417.6%215,812
35-3998.310.5%111,822
40-4441.14.4%41,445
45-495.10.5%4,481
50-540.20.0%160