Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1956

World
1956
Total fertility rate: 4.93
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1956  +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 4.93 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (246 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 101,759,013 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.93
Births
101,759,013
Births per 1,000 people
36.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
2,795,409,994
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
10-145.80.6%749,191
15-1991.89.3%11,426,469
20-24238.124.1%27,471,095
25-29246.224.9%26,472,831
30-34193.319.6%18,745,931
35-39138.614.0%11,289,822
40-4462.76.4%4,862,248
45-4910.11.0%712,586
50-540.50.0%28,753