Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Europe, 1958

Eastern Europe
1958
Total fertility rate: 2.65
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Europe was 2.65 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (160 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 5,721,992 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.65
Births
5,721,992
Births per 1,000 people
23.2
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
246,872,222
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%916
15-1939.77.4%405,013
20-24160.130.0%1,772,354
25-29152.728.6%1,699,833
30-34104.619.6%1,213,256
35-3957.710.8%483,956
40-4415.93.0%121,361
45-492.50.5%23,679
50-540.20.0%1,624