Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1954

More developed regions
1954
Total fertility rate: 2.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 2.76 children per woman in 1954 — 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 28.3 years old. In total, 18,655,185 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.76
Births
18,655,185
Births per 1,000 people
21.9
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
851,271,236
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
10-140.30.1%9,468
15-1931.25.6%1,116,119
20-24155.628.1%5,341,621
25-29168.730.5%6,087,666
30-34112.820.4%3,718,613
35-3961.311.1%1,647,424
40-4421.73.9%678,211
45-491.90.3%53,549
50-540.10.0%2,508