Fertility in Spain, 1970

Spain
1970
Total fertility rate: 2.88
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1970
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 2.88 children per woman in 1970 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (200 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 661,752 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.88
Births
661,752
Births per 1,000 people
19.6
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
33,812,723
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%154
15-1913.72.4%18,021
20-24123.121.4%154,247
25-29199.834.8%223,990
30-34131.522.9%137,860
35-3976.813.4%93,329
40-4426.84.7%31,144
45-492.70.5%2,887
50-540.10.0%119