Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1961

Less developed regions, excluding China
1961
Total fertility rate: 6.12
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 6.12 children per woman in 1961 — 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 28.8 years old. In total, 64,676,575 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.12
Births
64,676,575
Births per 1,000 people
44.0
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
1,470,548,986
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
10-1410.00.8%807,810
15-19131.510.7%8,914,703
20-24278.822.8%17,138,742
25-29289.023.6%15,859,953
30-34242.019.8%11,603,223
35-39171.014.0%6,954,753
40-4483.46.8%2,845,209
45-4918.01.5%527,574
50-541.00.1%24,529