Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1958

World
1958
Total fertility rate: 4.93
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 4.93 children per woman in 1958 — 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 28.7 years old. In total, 104,644,163 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.93
Births
104,644,163
Births per 1,000 people
35.9
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
2,911,249,670
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%785,504
15-1993.49.5%11,673,893
20-24239.424.3%28,414,013
25-29248.025.1%27,128,732
30-34192.219.5%19,358,400
35-39134.813.7%11,740,342
40-4462.86.4%4,793,125
45-499.91.0%720,270
50-540.50.0%29,841