Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1950

Less developed regions, excluding China
1950
Total fertility rate: 5.97
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 5.97 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (282 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 50,174,313 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.97
Births
50,174,313
Births per 1,000 people
44.6
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
1,125,868,863
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
10-1410.00.8%638,626
15-19126.510.6%7,209,602
20-24269.722.6%13,504,906
25-29281.723.6%12,051,289
30-34236.819.8%8,654,331
35-39168.414.1%5,396,172
40-4483.17.0%2,297,345
45-4917.71.5%403,669
50-541.00.1%18,310