Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 1957

Europe
1957
Total fertility rate: 2.61
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 Europe was 2.61 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (157 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 12,143,271 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.61
Births
12,143,271
Births per 1,000 people
20.7
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
587,187,576
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%2,097
15-1929.55.6%713,729
20-24145.827.9%3,402,457
25-29157.330.1%3,839,304
30-34107.220.5%2,581,185
35-3962.511.9%1,194,895
40-4418.53.5%359,640
45-492.20.4%47,490
50-540.10.0%2,476