Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1989

World
1989
Total fertility rate: 3.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 3.35 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (201 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 142,249,031 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.35
Births
142,249,031
Births per 1,000 people
27.2
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
5,234,431,732
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
10-144.60.7%1,185,388
15-1976.011.3%19,262,236
20-24200.829.9%47,477,934
25-29184.027.4%38,593,336
30-34112.416.7%21,358,981
35-3960.59.0%10,108,626
40-4426.84.0%3,543,956
45-496.10.9%679,380
50-540.40.1%39,162