Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Turkey, 1999

Turkey
1999
Total fertility rate: 2.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Turkey was 2.63 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (168 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 1,462,758 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.63
Births
1,462,758
Births per 1,000 people
22.6
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
64,591,922
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
10-140.90.2%3,007
15-1957.110.8%186,382
20-24168.031.9%511,664
25-29147.928.0%408,111
30-3487.316.6%217,068
35-3947.79.1%103,437
40-4416.23.1%29,898
45-492.00.4%3,040
50-540.10.0%151