Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1952

World
1952
Total fertility rate: 5.00
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of World was 5.00 children per woman in 1952 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (248 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 97,371,459 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.00
Births
97,371,459
Births per 1,000 people
37.7
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
2,584,086,339
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
10-145.50.6%701,339
15-1992.39.2%11,033,785
20-24236.023.6%26,230,003
25-29248.324.8%25,163,560
30-34201.120.1%17,405,937
35-39140.014.0%11,166,062
40-4466.06.6%4,943,873
45-4910.71.1%700,110
50-540.50.0%26,628