Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Least developed countries, 1997

Least developed countries
1997
Total fertility rate: 5.43
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Least developed countries was 5.43 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (239 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 25,108,855 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.43
Births
25,108,855
Births per 1,000 people
40.1
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
625,406,739
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
10-1410.41.0%401,917
15-19133.112.2%4,407,725
20-24238.121.9%6,634,206
25-29238.822.0%5,636,784
30-34208.119.2%4,115,992
35-39151.313.9%2,519,918
40-4481.87.5%1,119,435
45-4923.82.2%259,692
50-541.50.1%13,179