Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Turkey, 1979

Turkey
1979
Total fertility rate: 4.58
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Turkey was 4.58 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (268 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 1,521,814 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.58
Births
1,521,814
Births per 1,000 people
34.2
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
44,510,430
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
10-144.60.5%12,108
15-19111.612.2%254,535
20-24267.629.2%512,378
25-29233.425.5%373,314
30-34160.217.5%215,375
35-3994.210.3%109,666
40-4438.84.2%40,004
45-494.80.5%4,285
50-540.20.0%150