Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1963

World
1963
Total fertility rate: 5.31
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1963  +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 5.31 children per woman in 1963 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (266 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 119,802,888 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.31
Births
119,802,888
Births per 1,000 people
37.5
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
3,192,807,828
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
10-145.10.5%881,905
15-1997.19.2%13,270,177
20-24257.024.3%31,573,224
25-29266.425.1%30,928,430
30-34206.819.5%22,103,496
35-39145.613.7%14,271,844
40-4470.96.7%5,979,338
45-4910.51.0%764,724
50-540.40.0%29,664