Fertility in Least developed countries, 1990

Least developed countries
1990
Total fertility rate: 5.94
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 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   1990  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Least developed countries was 5.94 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (258 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 22,244,810 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.94
Births
22,244,810
Births per 1,000 people
42.8
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
519,816,818
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
10-1411.91.0%377,677
15-19141.311.9%3,808,996
20-24253.821.3%5,773,387
25-29257.721.7%4,980,286
30-34225.419.0%3,677,708
35-39172.914.5%2,316,288
40-4496.38.1%1,045,699
45-4928.02.4%252,231
50-541.70.1%12,537