Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1965

More developed regions
1965
Total fertility rate: 2.52
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 2.52 children per woman in 1965 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (160 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 17,552,101 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.52
Births
17,552,101
Births per 1,000 people
18.2
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
964,753,350
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%13,716
15-1935.67.1%1,445,404
20-24159.631.7%5,325,130
25-29156.331.0%5,608,839
30-3493.118.5%3,111,936
35-3943.68.7%1,553,965
40-4413.62.7%455,668
45-491.30.3%34,340
50-540.10.0%3,074