Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 2014

World
2014
Total fertility rate: 2.56
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 2.56 children per woman in 2014 — 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 27.8 years old. In total, 145,268,255 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.56
Births
145,268,255
Births per 1,000 people
19.7
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
7,381,616,244
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
10-141.60.3%483,694
15-1949.29.6%14,458,123
20-24140.127.3%41,827,816
25-29144.628.1%42,558,040
30-34102.920.0%27,673,514
35-3954.210.5%13,226,573
40-4417.53.4%4,212,250
45-493.50.7%775,734
50-540.30.1%52,446