Fertility in Least developed countries, 1980

Least developed countries
1980
Total fertility rate: 6.62
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
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   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Least developed countries was 6.62 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (285 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 18,754,604 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.62
Births
18,754,604
Births per 1,000 people
46.5
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
403,106,106
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
10-1414.01.1%341,790
15-19154.611.7%3,184,411
20-24273.920.7%4,793,432
25-29285.221.5%4,166,236
30-34256.019.3%3,082,811
35-39198.915.0%2,009,730
40-44110.88.4%948,265
45-4929.62.2%217,187
50-541.70.1%10,757