Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in More developed regions, 1969

More developed regions
1969
Total fertility rate: 2.34
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-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 2.34 children per woman in 1969 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (148 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 16,994,234 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.34
Births
16,994,234
Births per 1,000 people
17.0
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
1,000,109,409
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%17,988
15-1939.18.4%1,657,021
20-24146.131.4%5,628,949
25-29148.331.8%5,101,539
30-3483.217.9%2,934,410
35-3937.28.0%1,252,998
40-4410.42.2%367,253
45-491.00.2%31,978
50-540.10.0%2,074