Fertility in Suriname, 1960

Suriname
1960
Total fertility rate: 6.59
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
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   1960  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Suriname was 6.59 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (373 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 11,844 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.59
Births
11,844
Births per 1,000 people
44.9
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
263,918
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
10-140.90.1%13
15-19107.58.2%1,240
20-24373.228.3%3,875
25-29334.225.3%3,159
30-34296.122.4%2,333
35-39141.410.7%892
40-4457.54.4%296
45-497.60.6%34
50-540.60.0%3