Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Europe, 1953

Eastern Europe
1953
Total fertility rate: 2.83
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Europe was 2.83 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (175 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 5,853,394 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.83
Births
5,853,394
Births per 1,000 people
25.5
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
229,685,141
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%1,262
15-1921.53.8%241,824
20-24160.428.3%1,795,455
25-29175.230.9%2,049,805
30-34114.920.3%971,747
35-3963.011.1%490,799
40-4429.55.2%279,638
45-492.70.5%21,769
50-540.20.0%1,093