Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1953

More developed regions
1953
Total fertility rate: 2.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 2.76 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (169 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 18,573,313 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.76
Births
18,573,313
Births per 1,000 people
22.1
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
841,466,221
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
10-140.30.0%9,061
15-1930.75.6%1,079,374
20-24153.627.8%5,385,014
25-29168.730.5%6,053,987
30-34113.920.6%3,582,269
35-3961.111.1%1,701,565
40-4422.74.1%706,530
45-491.90.3%53,283
50-540.10.0%2,180