Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1952

More developed regions
1952
Total fertility rate: 2.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 2.80 children per woman in 1952 — 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 28.4 years old. In total, 18,703,576 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.80
Births
18,703,576
Births per 1,000 people
22.5
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
831,897,686
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%8,806
15-1931.15.6%1,075,833
20-24153.327.4%5,484,571
25-29169.830.3%6,028,504
30-34116.720.8%3,467,008
35-3963.211.3%1,853,158
40-4423.94.3%731,894
45-491.90.3%52,018
50-540.10.0%1,745