Fertility in Suriname, 1959

Suriname
1959
Total fertility rate: 6.55
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Suriname was 6.55 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (371 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 11,509 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.55
Births
11,509
Births per 1,000 people
45.1
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
255,386
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
10-141.00.1%13
15-19107.48.2%1,217
20-24370.928.3%3,817
25-29332.225.3%3,050
30-34294.422.4%2,234
35-39140.710.7%855
40-4457.34.4%286
45-497.60.6%34
50-540.60.0%2