Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 1969

World
1969
Total fertility rate: 4.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1969  +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 4.87 children per woman in 1969 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (245 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 122,227,965 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.87
Births
122,227,965
Births per 1,000 people
33.8
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
3,619,491,580
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%1,028,969
15-1986.58.9%15,151,375
20-24239.624.7%33,742,595
25-29245.325.3%29,673,511
30-34190.419.6%21,951,292
35-39133.213.7%13,995,357
40-4460.16.2%5,817,834
45-499.91.0%833,982
50-540.50.0%32,950