Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 2004

World
2004
Total fertility rate: 2.65
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 2.65 children per woman in 2004 — 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 27.3 years old. In total, 136,596,328 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.65
Births
136,596,328
Births per 1,000 people
21.0
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
6,503,377,772
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
10-142.90.6%881,814
15-1957.810.9%17,324,458
20-24155.029.3%42,548,208
25-29146.227.6%36,438,784
30-3497.118.3%23,889,760
35-3948.89.2%11,182,723
40-4418.03.4%3,638,779
45-493.60.7%651,390
50-540.30.0%40,358