Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 2006

World
2006
Total fertility rate: 2.62
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 2.62 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (153 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 138,469,296 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.62
Births
138,469,296
Births per 1,000 people
20.8
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
6,671,452,016
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
10-142.70.5%801,478
15-1952.610.0%16,055,735
20-24152.629.0%43,304,561
25-29147.228.0%37,685,598
30-3498.718.8%24,262,222
35-3950.09.5%11,806,066
40-4417.73.4%3,841,270
45-493.60.7%667,901
50-540.30.1%44,433