Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Europe, 1962

Eastern Europe
1962
Total fertility rate: 2.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Europe was 2.35 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (161 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 5,007,027 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.35
Births
5,007,027
Births per 1,000 people
19.3
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
259,438,769
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%1,134
15-1929.86.4%235,662
20-24161.234.4%1,820,273
25-29137.029.3%1,417,050
30-3481.417.4%940,133
35-3941.88.9%462,239
40-4414.93.2%114,269
45-491.80.4%14,307
50-540.20.0%1,960