Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1962

More developed regions
1962
Total fertility rate: 2.66
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-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 2.66 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (166 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 18,447,229 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.66
Births
18,447,229
Births per 1,000 people
19.7
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
934,505,563
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%13,208
15-1937.87.1%1,306,200
20-24164.731.0%5,898,734
25-29165.831.2%5,606,742
30-3497.418.3%3,428,100
35-3947.79.0%1,667,055
40-4416.53.1%482,404
45-491.40.3%40,722
50-540.10.0%4,035