Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, 1954

Less developed regions
1954
Total fertility rate: 6.14
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1954  +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 was 6.14 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (290 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 81,532,669 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.14
Births
81,532,669
Births per 1,000 people
44.4
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
1,834,623,624
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
10-147.70.6%714,826
15-19117.49.5%10,185,606
20-24275.722.4%21,631,108
25-29290.423.6%19,974,833
30-34244.719.9%14,562,869
35-39183.114.9%9,486,040
40-4494.07.6%4,291,852
45-4916.51.3%660,093
50-540.80.1%25,404