Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Germany, 1958

Germany
1958
Total fertility rate: 2.26
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Germany was 2.26 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 1,170,405 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.26
Births
1,170,405
Births per 1,000 people
16.3
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
71,694,673
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%214
15-1934.97.7%103,697
20-24135.029.9%372,291
25-29139.230.8%326,183
30-3487.719.4%225,334
35-3945.510.1%121,286
40-448.92.0%19,037
45-490.70.2%2,168
50-540.10.0%195