Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1983

World
1983
Total fertility rate: 3.58
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 3.58 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (204 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 131,967,708 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.58
Births
131,967,708
Births per 1,000 people
28.1
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.48
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
4,697,327,574
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
10-144.70.7%1,194,905
15-1978.811.0%18,600,904
20-24203.528.4%41,407,953
25-29195.027.2%36,962,122
30-34122.717.1%20,003,211
35-3973.410.2%9,415,217
40-4432.04.5%3,640,450
45-496.70.9%703,144
50-540.40.1%39,714