Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 1956

Europe
1956
Total fertility rate: 2.61
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe was 2.61 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (159 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 12,059,533 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.61
Births
12,059,533
Births per 1,000 people
20.8
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
581,156,301
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%2,187
15-1925.84.9%644,040
20-24144.127.5%3,315,349
25-29158.530.3%3,936,072
30-34108.220.7%2,555,349
35-3963.912.2%1,135,054
40-4420.23.9%421,925
45-492.20.4%47,096
50-540.10.0%2,443