Fertility in More developed regions, 1959

More developed regions
1959
Total fertility rate: 2.76
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 2.76 children per woman in 1959 — 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 27.7 years old. In total, 19,020,787 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.76
Births
19,020,787
Births per 1,000 people
21.1
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
902,575,162
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%10,090
15-1940.97.4%1,405,939
20-24165.730.0%5,864,921
25-29168.430.5%5,735,108
30-34104.118.8%3,719,118
35-3954.69.9%1,788,961
40-4416.53.0%436,340
45-491.80.3%56,416
50-540.10.0%3,891