Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1990

Less developed regions, excluding China
1990
Total fertility rate: 4.25
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 4.25 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (223 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 99,547,265 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.25
Births
99,547,265
Births per 1,000 people
33.2
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
2,998,368,944
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
10-146.60.8%1,128,852
15-19106.212.5%16,118,220
20-24222.926.2%29,947,794
25-29208.324.5%24,854,929
30-34151.117.8%15,492,093
35-3996.911.4%8,204,172
40-4446.35.4%3,115,115
45-4911.71.4%652,396
50-540.70.1%33,641