Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1958

More developed regions
1958
Total fertility rate: 2.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 2.76 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (168 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 18,943,306 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.76
Births
18,943,306
Births per 1,000 people
21.2
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
891,994,412
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%10,448
15-1939.27.1%1,376,950
20-24162.529.5%5,645,338
25-29168.130.5%5,836,259
30-34106.719.3%3,794,849
35-3957.010.3%1,779,174
40-4416.12.9%439,980
45-491.90.3%56,695
50-540.10.0%3,595