Fertility in Least developed countries, 1961

Least developed countries
1961
Total fertility rate: 6.63
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1961  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Least developed countries was 6.63 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (292 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 12,030,311 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.63
Births
12,030,311
Births per 1,000 people
47.9
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
251,053,628
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
10-1415.81.2%224,804
15-19151.411.4%1,866,362
20-24282.021.3%3,004,027
25-29292.322.0%2,728,440
30-34259.119.5%2,110,418
35-39192.514.5%1,340,620
40-44102.97.8%607,096
45-4928.62.2%141,368
50-541.80.1%7,166