Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1973

Less developed regions, excluding China
1973
Total fertility rate: 5.63
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-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 5.63 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (269 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 79,005,266 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.63
Births
79,005,266
Births per 1,000 people
39.8
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
1,983,444,056
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
10-149.00.8%1,068,211
15-19128.811.4%13,059,778
20-24264.023.4%21,948,630
25-29268.923.9%18,152,686
30-34217.419.3%12,861,837
35-39148.713.2%7,921,700
40-4471.86.4%3,321,184
45-4916.41.5%641,748
50-540.90.1%29,428