Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Least developed countries, 2002

Least developed countries
2002
Total fertility rate: 5.10
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Least developed countries was 5.10 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (227 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 27,108,791 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.10
Births
27,108,791
Births per 1,000 people
38.3
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
707,416,730
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
10-149.20.9%399,411
15-19127.212.5%4,815,966
20-24226.822.2%7,318,053
25-29224.322.0%6,048,256
30-34194.819.1%4,406,581
35-39141.513.9%2,667,142
40-4473.87.2%1,168,514
45-4921.02.1%271,814
50-541.30.1%13,048