The total fertility rate of Least developed countries is projected at 2.05 children per woman in 2098 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.8 years old. In total, 42,105,329 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2098

Total fertility rate

2.05

Births

42,105,329

Births per 1,000 people

13.9

Mean age of mothers

29.8

Births to mothers aged 15–19

6.0%

Net reproduction rate

0.98

Boys per 100 girls at birth

103.7

Population

3,027,167,302

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.

Fertility by age of mother, 2098

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.3	0.1%	32,828
15-19	24.1	5.9%	2,530,175
20-24	74.7	18.2%	7,788,957
25-29	113.9	27.7%	11,742,128
30-34	109.5	26.7%	11,185,949
35-39	63.6	15.5%	6,418,397
40-44	21.3	5.2%	2,105,577
45-49	3.0	0.7%	292,432
50-54	0.1	0.0%	8,884

Fertility in Least developed countries by year

Fertility in Least developed countries, 2098

Year

Country