Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Turkey, 1987

Turkey
1987
Total fertility rate: 3.54
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Turkey was 3.54 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (218 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 1,494,763 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.54
Births
1,494,763
Births per 1,000 people
28.3
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.56
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
52,843,670
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
10-142.50.4%7,607
15-1977.811.0%214,651
20-24218.230.8%531,992
25-29187.726.5%390,114
30-34118.916.8%206,865
35-3971.610.1%103,772
40-4429.64.2%36,482
45-492.90.4%3,159
50-540.10.0%117