Fertility in Turkey, 2005

Turkey
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.20
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Turkey was 2.20 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (128 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 1,302,959 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.20
Births
1,302,959
Births per 1,000 people
18.8
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
69,329,557
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
10-140.30.1%945
15-1943.09.7%131,911
20-24127.628.9%408,919
25-29128.329.1%396,021
30-3486.919.7%234,696
35-3938.48.7%94,787
40-4414.73.3%32,380
45-491.60.4%3,097
50-540.10.0%203