Fertility in Spain, 1961

Spain
1961
Total fertility rate: 2.78
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Spain was 2.78 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (183 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 653,461 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.78
Births
653,461
Births per 1,000 people
21.3
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
30,699,567
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%127
15-199.21.7%11,374
20-24107.019.2%115,461
25-29183.332.9%230,033
30-34142.225.5%171,969
35-3981.414.6%91,692
40-4430.55.5%29,772
45-493.10.6%2,898
50-540.20.0%134