Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 1958

Europe
1958
Total fertility rate: 2.60
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 Europe was 2.60 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (156 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 12,134,428 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.60
Births
12,134,428
Births per 1,000 people
20.4
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
593,619,879
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%2,056
15-1932.86.3%756,464
20-24148.028.4%3,528,054
25-29155.830.0%3,705,621
30-34105.120.2%2,567,873
35-3959.111.4%1,220,471
40-4416.93.3%303,468
45-492.20.4%47,593
50-540.10.0%2,812