Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1954

World
1954
Total fertility rate: 5.00
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

Country

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 1954 — 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, 100,187,854 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.00
Births
100,187,854
Births per 1,000 people
37.3
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
2,685,894,860
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
10-145.70.6%724,294
15-1992.29.2%11,301,725
20-24239.123.9%26,972,729
25-29248.524.8%26,062,499
30-34197.719.8%18,281,482
35-39141.514.1%11,133,464
40-4464.66.5%4,970,063
45-4910.51.0%713,642
50-540.50.0%27,912