Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 2002

World
2002
Total fertility rate: 2.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 2.68 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (156 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 135,396,478 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.68
Births
135,396,478
Births per 1,000 people
21.4
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
6,337,730,342
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
10-143.20.6%974,232
15-1963.111.8%18,357,279
20-24156.029.1%41,211,833
25-29146.927.4%36,451,285
30-3496.718.0%23,449,471
35-3947.98.9%10,787,885
40-4418.43.4%3,483,050
45-493.70.7%643,804
50-540.30.0%37,566