Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 2003

World
2003
Total fertility rate: 2.66
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 2.66 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (155 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 135,700,801 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.66
Births
135,700,801
Births per 1,000 people
21.1
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
6,420,361,634
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
10-143.10.6%928,265
15-1961.111.5%18,057,361
20-24154.929.1%41,786,519
25-29145.727.4%36,124,841
30-3496.318.1%23,593,078
35-3948.39.1%10,971,860
40-4418.33.4%3,554,717
45-493.60.7%645,589
50-540.30.0%38,497