By 26, 32% of US women born in 1996 were mothers, the most in the base
Lowest of the 19 countries with data: South Korea, 4%.
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How many women born in one year had a first child by 26, from each country's birth registers.
Each bar: share of women born in 1996 with a first child by the end of the year they turned 26.
- First child by age 26 % of women; year = birth year of women
1996: 31.9
- First child by age 26 % of women; year = birth year of women
1996: 26
- First child by age 26 % of women; year = birth year of women
1996: 18.4
- First child by age 26 % of women; year = birth year of women
1996: 16.4
- First child by age 26 % of women; year = birth year of women
1996: 13.2
- First child by age 26 % of women; year = birth year of women
1996: 3.9
Human Fertility Database: cumulative first births per woman by age 26 (26.5 on average) × 100. One birth year for all countries; the chart shows 6 of the 19 countries with data, the rest are in the base.
Early births do not mean more children over a lifetime: many have a first child after 30. The measure does not say why countries differ.
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Do European women catch up by 30?