Fertility in Least developed countries, 2000

Least developed countries
2000
Total fertility rate: 5.23
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Least developed countries was 5.23 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (231 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 26,395,787 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.23
Births
26,395,787
Births per 1,000 people
39.2
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
673,774,119
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
10-1410.11.0%420,047
15-19130.712.5%4,717,138
20-24231.522.1%7,043,214
25-29229.321.9%5,877,852
30-34200.519.1%4,295,939
35-39144.913.8%2,604,431
40-4477.27.4%1,156,618
45-4922.02.1%267,576
50-541.30.1%12,969