Fertility in More developed regions, 1961

More developed regions
1961
Total fertility rate: 2.72
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 2.72 children per woman in 1961 — 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 27.6 years old. In total, 18,846,606 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.72
Births
18,846,606
Births per 1,000 people
20.4
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
923,843,722
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%12,614
15-1941.57.6%1,380,663
20-24166.130.4%6,006,668
25-29168.030.8%5,623,262
30-34100.218.4%3,561,795
35-3950.39.2%1,731,070
40-4417.33.2%478,773
45-491.60.3%47,725
50-540.10.0%4,007