Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1996

Less developed regions, excluding China
1996
Total fertility rate: 3.77
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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 3.77 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (204 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 102,308,664 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.77
Births
102,308,664
Births per 1,000 people
30.1
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.56
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
3,404,562,197
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
10-145.50.7%1,063,467
15-1998.013.0%16,904,349
20-24203.727.0%31,040,661
25-29188.825.0%25,436,156
30-34132.717.6%15,866,114
35-3980.210.6%8,298,922
40-4435.64.7%3,048,630
45-499.11.2%619,287
50-540.60.1%31,028