Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lithuania, 1956

Lithuania
1956
Total fertility rate: 2.58
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lithuania was 2.58 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (155 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 58,129 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.58
Births
58,129
Births per 1,000 people
22.3
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
2,607,334
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
10-140.00.0%1
15-1915.73.0%1,899
20-24127.624.6%15,906
25-29154.529.8%19,408
30-34118.722.9%12,982
35-3975.114.5%5,821
40-4424.24.7%1,881
45-492.60.5%221
50-540.10.0%10