Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2000

Less developed regions, excluding China
2000
Total fertility rate: 3.53
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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 3.53 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (191 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 104,768,277 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.53
Births
104,768,277
Births per 1,000 people
28.5
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
3,681,964,947
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
10-145.10.7%1,042,891
15-1991.413.0%17,297,598
20-24191.327.1%31,782,263
25-29176.825.0%25,913,804
30-34126.718.0%16,393,039
35-3974.810.6%8,585,687
40-4431.74.5%3,112,062
45-497.61.1%611,566
50-540.50.1%29,352