Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1999

Less developed regions, excluding China
1999
Total fertility rate: 3.58
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 3.58 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (194 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 103,877,963 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.58
Births
103,877,963
Births per 1,000 people
28.8
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.50
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
3,612,305,841
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
10-145.20.7%1,063,841
15-1992.713.0%17,186,647
20-24193.727.1%31,441,157
25-29179.025.0%25,710,661
30-34128.117.9%16,246,550
35-3975.810.6%8,500,236
40-4432.44.5%3,085,902
45-498.01.1%613,265
50-540.50.1%29,686