Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, 1958

Less developed regions
1958
Total fertility rate: 6.00
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions was 6.00 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (285 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 85,700,857 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.00
Births
85,700,857
Births per 1,000 people
42.4
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
2,019,255,258
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
10-147.60.6%775,056
15-19114.79.6%10,296,943
20-24271.222.6%22,768,675
25-29285.123.7%21,292,473
30-34238.819.9%15,563,551
35-39178.314.8%9,961,168
40-4489.17.4%4,353,145
45-4915.61.3%663,575
50-540.70.1%26,246