Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1983

Less developed regions, excluding China
1983
Total fertility rate: 4.88
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-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 4.88 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (243 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 93,678,961 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.88
Births
93,678,961
Births per 1,000 people
36.9
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
2,539,360,838
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
10-147.90.8%1,171,446
15-19118.812.2%15,563,338
20-24243.424.9%28,058,804
25-29234.724.0%23,013,415
30-34178.618.3%14,225,548
35-39121.212.4%7,752,704
40-4457.75.9%3,204,061
45-4913.31.4%657,528
50-540.80.1%32,062