Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1998

Less developed regions, excluding China
1998
Total fertility rate: 3.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 3.63 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (197 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 103,206,477 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.63
Births
103,206,477
Births per 1,000 people
29.1
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.52
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
3,542,727,362
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%1,073,165
15-1994.813.0%17,173,249
20-24196.727.1%31,211,869
25-29181.224.9%25,470,033
30-34129.717.8%16,129,253
35-3977.210.6%8,439,807
40-4433.34.6%3,066,473
45-498.31.1%612,561
50-540.50.1%30,011