Fertility in More developed regions, 1951

More developed regions
1951
Total fertility rate: 2.82
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1951
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-5 -1   1951  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 2.82 children per woman in 1951 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (170 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 18,739,228 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.82
Births
18,739,228
Births per 1,000 people
22.8
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
822,685,167
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%8,764
15-1932.65.8%1,117,002
20-24152.727.0%5,545,032
25-29170.130.1%5,955,180
30-34117.320.8%3,304,443
35-3965.111.5%2,001,497
40-4425.04.4%754,321
45-491.90.3%51,585
50-540.10.0%1,396