Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1968

More developed regions
1968
Total fertility rate: 2.38
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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 2.38 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (149 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 16,977,195 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.38
Births
16,977,195
Births per 1,000 people
17.1
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
991,479,728
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
10-140.40.1%16,559
15-1938.88.2%1,640,529
20-24147.131.1%5,351,198
25-29149.131.6%5,246,538
30-3486.218.2%2,964,400
35-3938.68.2%1,329,519
40-4411.22.4%392,959
45-491.10.2%33,336
50-540.10.0%2,154