Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Belgium, 1964

Belgium
1964
Total fertility rate: 2.70
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1964  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Belgium was 2.70 children per woman in 1964 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (172 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 159,381 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.70
Births
159,381
Births per 1,000 people
17.1
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
9,337,684
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%22
15-1927.45.1%9,200
20-24167.031.1%44,609
25-29172.132.1%50,548
30-34103.219.2%33,206
35-3950.89.5%16,598
40-4415.02.8%4,933
45-491.00.2%221
50-540.10.0%44