Fertility in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), 1955

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
1955
Total fertility rate: 6.60
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1955
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-5 -1   1955  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) was 6.60 children per woman in 1955 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (336 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 320,539 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.60
Births
320,539
Births per 1,000 people
47.4
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
6,755,813
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
10-142.60.2%1,017
15-19133.710.1%44,544
20-24323.524.5%93,850
25-29336.225.5%84,323
30-34245.718.6%51,688
35-39187.214.2%32,496
40-4475.35.7%10,702
45-4916.21.2%1,854
50-540.70.1%66