Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1956

Less developed regions, excluding China
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 6.08 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (287 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 58,156,777 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.08
Births
58,156,777
Births per 1,000 people
44.9
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
1,295,434,533
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
10-1410.20.8%707,297
15-19129.710.6%8,168,984
20-24275.822.6%15,592,855
25-29287.023.6%14,245,292
30-34241.419.8%10,221,073
35-39171.414.1%6,129,960
40-4483.76.9%2,593,208
45-4917.91.5%476,784
50-541.00.1%21,263