Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1951

Less developed regions, excluding China
1951
Total fertility rate: 5.96
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1951
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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 5.96 children per woman in 1951 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (281 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 51,170,155 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.96
Births
51,170,155
Births per 1,000 people
44.5
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
1,150,351,232
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
10-1410.10.8%650,814
15-19126.610.6%7,348,599
20-24269.422.6%13,790,393
25-29281.023.6%12,334,005
30-34236.219.8%8,818,128
35-39167.814.1%5,463,656
40-4482.56.9%2,331,079
45-4917.71.5%414,674
50-541.00.1%18,752