Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Spain, 1956

Spain
1956
Total fertility rate: 2.54
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Spain was 2.54 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (166 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 609,863 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.54
Births
609,863
Births per 1,000 people
20.8
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
29,323,670
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%75
15-1910.42.0%11,446
20-2493.418.3%122,995
25-29165.632.5%211,085
30-34127.625.0%151,231
35-3981.315.9%82,449
40-4428.15.5%27,263
45-493.50.7%3,208
50-540.10.0%113