Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Turkey, 2002

Turkey
2002
Total fertility rate: 2.27
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Turkey was 2.27 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 1,309,563 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.27
Births
1,309,563
Births per 1,000 people
19.5
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
67,048,795
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
10-140.70.1%2,064
15-1946.110.1%146,978
20-24137.530.2%442,185
25-29129.328.4%372,285
30-3479.717.5%206,946
35-3945.09.9%105,829
40-4414.83.3%29,946
45-491.80.4%3,190
50-540.10.0%140