Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Europe, 1957

Eastern Europe
1957
Total fertility rate: 2.70
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Europe was 2.70 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (158 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 5,753,213 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.70
Births
5,753,213
Births per 1,000 people
23.7
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
243,235,492
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%1,003
15-1933.36.1%376,442
20-24158.229.2%1,672,489
25-29157.629.1%1,831,514
30-34108.920.1%1,212,617
35-3961.811.4%475,377
40-4419.03.5%158,849
45-492.60.5%23,508
50-540.20.0%1,404