Fertility in Least developed countries, 1975

Least developed countries
1975
Total fertility rate: 6.69
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1975
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1975  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Least developed countries was 6.69 children per woman in 1975 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (288 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 16,649,276 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.69
Births
16,649,276
Births per 1,000 people
46.6
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
356,932,382
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
10-1414.81.1%318,301
15-19160.112.0%2,878,693
20-24280.220.9%4,198,911
25-29288.021.5%3,620,101
30-34256.519.2%2,750,434
35-39197.014.7%1,805,814
40-44109.88.2%867,502
45-4929.52.2%199,730
50-541.70.1%9,785