Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1997

Less developed regions, excluding China
1997
Total fertility rate: 3.70
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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 3.70 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (200 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 102,759,749 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.70
Births
102,759,749
Births per 1,000 people
29.6
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.54
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
3,473,308,416
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
10-145.30.7%1,057,560
15-1995.612.9%16,906,818
20-24200.527.1%31,170,139
25-29185.625.1%25,547,355
30-34131.217.7%16,004,099
35-3978.610.6%8,369,322
40-4434.44.6%3,056,792
45-498.71.2%616,784
50-540.50.1%30,808