Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1953

World
1953
Total fertility rate: 4.92
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 4.92 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (245 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 97,291,452 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.92
Births
97,291,452
Births per 1,000 people
36.9
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
2,634,106,236
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
10-145.60.6%712,388
15-1991.19.3%11,045,162
20-24234.223.8%26,217,296
25-29244.924.9%25,282,447
30-34196.019.9%17,549,707
35-39138.114.0%10,911,040
40-4463.86.5%4,851,336
45-4910.41.1%694,974
50-540.50.0%27,022