Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1993

World
1993
Total fertility rate: 2.98
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 2.98 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (179 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 135,632,145 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.98
Births
135,632,145
Births per 1,000 people
24.3
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.1
Population
5,591,544,797
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
10-144.30.7%1,172,284
15-1973.712.3%18,607,801
20-24178.929.9%44,750,669
25-29156.926.3%36,438,906
30-34103.717.4%20,751,124
35-3952.88.8%9,799,815
40-4421.53.6%3,413,569
45-495.30.9%659,127
50-540.40.1%38,774