Fertility in Northern America, 1959

Northern America
1959
Total fertility rate: 3.76
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern America was 3.76 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (259 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 4,815,505 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.76
Births
4,815,505
Births per 1,000 people
24.7
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
194,738,620
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
10-140.90.1%7,910
15-1984.011.3%597,324
20-24258.634.7%1,586,376
25-29203.627.3%1,268,035
30-34119.816.1%815,147
35-3960.68.1%424,090
40-4417.12.3%109,752
45-491.10.1%6,419
50-540.10.0%447