Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 1953

Europe
1953
Total fertility rate: 2.62
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 Europe was 2.62 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (161 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 11,993,506 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.62
Births
11,993,506
Births per 1,000 people
21.3
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
564,143,733
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%2,214
15-1922.44.3%544,760
20-24142.427.1%3,443,120
25-29160.730.6%3,980,189
30-34110.421.0%2,304,282
35-3961.411.7%1,120,823
40-4424.94.8%550,749
45-492.30.4%45,362
50-540.10.0%1,972