Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Turkey, 1997

Turkey
1997
Total fertility rate: 2.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Turkey was 2.74 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (185 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 1,479,767 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.74
Births
1,479,767
Births per 1,000 people
23.5
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
62,852,966
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
10-141.10.2%3,453
15-1956.810.3%183,547
20-24184.833.6%544,220
25-29153.828.0%412,714
30-3487.916.0%209,478
35-3946.08.4%93,525
40-4417.23.1%29,530
45-492.20.4%3,090
50-540.20.0%212