Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1957

Less developed regions, excluding China
1957
Total fertility rate: 6.11
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 6.11 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (288 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 59,614,453 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.11
Births
59,614,453
Births per 1,000 people
44.9
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
1,328,122,762
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%722,634
15-19130.310.7%8,304,289
20-24276.922.6%15,966,496
25-29288.223.6%14,623,081
30-34242.319.8%10,536,859
35-39172.114.1%6,305,844
40-4483.96.9%2,646,127
45-4917.91.5%487,232
50-541.00.1%21,878