Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Austria, 1968

Austria
1968
Total fertility rate: 2.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Austria was 2.59 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (169 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 126,192 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.59
Births
126,192
Births per 1,000 people
17.0
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
7,414,624
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
10-140.10.0%35
15-1964.612.5%15,667
20-24168.832.6%41,059
25-29135.526.2%38,313
30-3490.517.5%17,791
35-3945.08.7%9,910
40-4412.22.4%3,128
45-491.10.2%282
50-540.00.0%7