Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1986

World
1986
Total fertility rate: 3.50
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of World was 3.50 children per woman in 1986 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (207 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 139,301,162 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.50
Births
139,301,162
Births per 1,000 people
28.1
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
4,958,072,838
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%1,203,317
15-1977.511.1%19,003,047
20-24206.729.5%46,878,117
25-29189.727.1%36,714,940
30-34118.716.9%21,302,925
35-3966.79.5%9,906,652
40-4430.54.4%3,565,805
45-496.30.9%687,824
50-540.40.1%38,473