Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1972

Less developed regions, excluding China
1972
Total fertility rate: 5.71
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1972  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 5.71 children per woman in 1972 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (273 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 77,768,195 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.71
Births
77,768,195
Births per 1,000 people
40.2
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
1,935,235,053
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
10-148.90.8%1,031,904
15-19128.411.3%12,602,736
20-24266.323.3%21,288,585
25-29272.823.9%17,956,304
30-34221.519.4%12,961,035
35-39152.213.3%7,946,482
40-4473.36.4%3,313,892
45-4916.81.5%637,919
50-540.90.1%29,286