Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 2011

World
2011
Total fertility rate: 2.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 2.59 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (145 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 143,878,789 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.59
Births
143,878,789
Births per 1,000 people
20.2
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.1
Population
7,110,923,766
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
10-142.00.4%580,933
15-1952.110.1%15,398,767
20-24144.727.9%43,891,618
25-29145.228.0%40,805,109
30-34101.419.6%25,706,435
35-3951.910.0%12,627,734
40-4417.53.4%4,074,565
45-493.50.7%747,731
50-540.30.0%45,842