Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1966

World
1966
Total fertility rate: 4.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 4.96 children per woman in 1966 — 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, 117,232,950 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.96
Births
117,232,950
Births per 1,000 people
34.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
3,404,041,125
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%963,986
15-1989.19.0%13,971,508
20-24244.724.7%30,728,096
25-29245.724.8%29,475,846
30-34194.819.7%21,455,088
35-39136.313.8%13,946,845
40-4464.26.5%5,880,202
45-4910.31.0%781,825
50-540.40.0%29,446