Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Turkey, 1998

Turkey
1998
Total fertility rate: 2.71
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Turkey was 2.71 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (178 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 1,482,737 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.71
Births
1,482,737
Births per 1,000 people
23.3
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
63,734,383
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
10-141.00.2%3,173
15-1957.310.6%186,570
20-24177.532.7%530,453
25-29151.828.0%413,640
30-3488.716.3%216,118
35-3947.38.7%99,402
40-4416.93.1%30,135
45-492.10.4%3,067
50-540.10.0%180