Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1974

World
1974
Total fertility rate: 4.26
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 4.26 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (223 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 122,709,409 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.26
Births
122,709,409
Births per 1,000 people
30.7
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
3,996,416,096
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
10-145.20.6%1,122,965
15-1984.49.9%16,477,516
20-24218.625.7%37,783,522
25-29223.126.2%30,917,810
30-34161.819.0%19,188,619
35-39102.312.0%11,533,905
40-4447.15.5%4,817,786
45-498.81.0%827,013
50-540.50.1%40,208