Fertility in Spain, 1959

Spain
1959
Total fertility rate: 2.75
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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The total fertility rate of Spain was 2.75 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (181 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 658,960 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.75
Births
658,960
Births per 1,000 people
21.9
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
30,140,707
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
15-199.21.7%10,655
20-24111.420.0%127,384
25-29181.332.6%233,218
30-34138.024.8%164,929
35-3983.315.0%91,982
40-4429.25.3%27,515
45-493.20.6%3,078
50-540.10.0%124