Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Europe, 1963

Europe
1963
Total fertility rate: 2.52
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1963  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Europe was 2.52 children per woman in 1963 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (158 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 11,670,822 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.52
Births
11,670,822
Births per 1,000 people
18.7
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
623,592,896
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%3,212
15-1928.95.7%639,073
20-24157.931.4%3,620,106
25-29153.630.5%3,605,911
30-3495.118.9%2,246,088
35-3948.49.6%1,171,549
40-4417.23.4%352,867
45-491.60.3%28,830
50-540.10.0%3,142