Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Myanmar, 1956

Myanmar
1956
Total fertility rate: 5.92
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Myanmar was 5.92 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (280 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.4 years old. In total, 877,435 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.92
Births
877,435
Births per 1,000 people
44.0
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
19,959,221
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
10-141.10.1%1,079
15-1967.15.7%59,846
20-24237.720.0%206,452
25-29279.923.6%227,327
30-34270.822.8%189,524
35-39209.317.6%131,426
40-4499.58.4%52,453
45-4919.71.7%8,949
50-541.00.1%379