Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1968

World
1968
Total fertility rate: 4.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 4.96 children per woman in 1968 — 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 28.8 years old. In total, 121,825,890 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.96
Births
121,825,890
Births per 1,000 people
34.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
3,545,187,251
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
10-145.20.5%1,009,406
15-1987.88.9%14,857,372
20-24243.324.6%32,755,560
25-29248.025.1%29,916,925
30-34195.219.7%22,182,948
35-39136.713.8%14,253,869
40-4463.06.4%6,001,099
45-4910.11.0%818,878
50-540.40.0%29,811