Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1957

World
1957
Total fertility rate: 5.07
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1957  +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 5.07 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (253 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 106,017,733 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.07
Births
106,017,733
Births per 1,000 people
37.2
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
2,852,618,337
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%765,025
15-1994.49.3%11,791,965
20-24244.924.2%28,686,335
25-29253.325.0%27,498,330
30-34198.019.5%19,575,378
35-39141.614.0%11,914,555
40-4465.26.4%5,023,395
45-4910.21.0%733,252
50-540.50.0%29,477