Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1998

World
1998
Total fertility rate: 2.78
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 2.78 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (165 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 133,857,525 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.78
Births
133,857,525
Births per 1,000 people
22.3
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
6,007,066,690
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
10-143.70.7%1,090,616
15-1968.112.3%18,511,380
20-24165.029.7%41,344,570
25-29149.026.8%36,895,163
30-3494.717.1%21,760,259
35-3951.79.3%10,216,263
40-4418.43.3%3,367,088
45-494.10.7%638,025
50-540.30.1%34,055