Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1987

World
1987
Total fertility rate: 3.48
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 3.48 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (208 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 141,346,561 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.48
Births
141,346,561
Births per 1,000 people
28.0
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.46
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
5,049,746,398
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%1,184,757
15-1975.210.8%18,728,582
20-24208.029.9%48,251,126
25-29189.127.2%37,063,559
30-34118.016.9%21,705,457
35-3965.39.4%10,104,294
40-4429.74.3%3,583,932
45-496.20.9%685,915
50-540.40.1%38,926