Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1959

Less developed regions, excluding China
1959
Total fertility rate: 6.12
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 6.12 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (289 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 62,131,253 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.12
Births
62,131,253
Births per 1,000 people
44.5
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
1,396,869,827
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
10-1410.30.8%769,140
15-19130.810.7%8,535,291
20-24277.722.7%16,585,379
25-29289.123.6%15,259,917
30-34242.419.8%11,081,890
35-39172.114.0%6,632,099
40-4483.76.8%2,736,503
45-4917.91.5%507,639
50-541.00.1%23,303