Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1965

World
1965
Total fertility rate: 5.07
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 5.07 children per woman in 1965 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (252 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 117,837,004 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.07
Births
117,837,004
Births per 1,000 people
35.3
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
3,334,533,703
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%933,367
15-1991.29.0%13,688,954
20-24248.624.6%30,764,419
25-29251.624.8%29,936,044
30-34198.719.6%21,605,088
35-39139.613.8%14,103,717
40-4467.06.6%6,007,672
45-4910.41.0%768,293
50-540.40.0%29,406