Fertility in More developed regions, 1950

More developed regions
1950
Total fertility rate: 2.86
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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-5 -1   1950  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 2.86 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (172 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 18,926,511 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.86
Births
18,926,511
Births per 1,000 people
23.3
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
813,408,101
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
10-140.20.0%8,721
15-1933.85.9%1,162,322
20-24153.526.7%5,620,147
25-29172.029.9%5,908,045
30-34118.420.6%3,222,537
35-3968.411.9%2,170,185
40-4426.44.6%782,691
45-491.90.3%50,874
50-540.00.0%992