Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1994

World
1994
Total fertility rate: 2.93
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 2.93 children per woman in 1994 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (175 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 135,142,908 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.93
Births
135,142,908
Births per 1,000 people
23.8
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.2
Population
5,675,551,256
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
10-144.10.7%1,143,123
15-1973.312.5%18,540,141
20-24175.329.8%43,996,808
25-29155.926.5%36,531,151
30-34101.217.2%21,012,646
35-3952.38.9%9,825,342
40-4420.73.5%3,402,503
45-495.00.9%653,292
50-540.30.1%37,849