Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1996

World
1996
Total fertility rate: 2.85
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 2.85 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (171 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 134,321,023 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.85
Births
134,321,023
Births per 1,000 people
23.0
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
5,842,055,734
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
10-143.80.7%1,084,326
15-1970.812.4%18,421,340
20-24170.830.0%42,855,934
25-29152.926.8%36,884,236
30-3495.016.7%21,159,217
35-3952.19.2%9,876,261
40-4419.23.4%3,356,439
45-494.50.8%647,089
50-540.30.1%36,104