Fertility in Russian Federation, 1959

Russian Federation
1959
Total fertility rate: 2.66
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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The total fertility rate of Russian Federation was 2.66 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (157 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 2,889,877 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.66
Births
2,889,877
Births per 1,000 people
24.4
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
118,293,890
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
10-140.00.0%27
15-1941.77.7%171,494
20-24157.028.9%929,584
25-29154.128.4%802,985
30-34107.219.8%650,919
35-3960.111.1%249,931
40-4419.13.5%69,784
45-493.10.6%14,109
50-540.30.1%1,041