Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern Europe, 1958

Northern Europe
1958
Total fertility rate: 2.54
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Northern Europe was 2.54 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (158 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 1,369,568 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.54
Births
1,369,568
Births per 1,000 people
16.9
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
80,906,955
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
10-140.10.0%177
15-1928.45.6%78,268
20-24150.229.7%391,882
25-29158.231.3%420,559
30-3499.119.6%277,774
35-3953.010.5%155,898
40-4415.33.0%41,248
45-491.20.2%3,496
50-540.10.0%258