Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2001

Less developed regions, excluding China
2001
Total fertility rate: 3.47
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 3.47 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (189 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 105,476,496 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.47
Births
105,476,496
Births per 1,000 people
28.1
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
3,752,172,942
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
10-144.80.7%1,002,697
15-1990.113.0%17,359,575
20-24189.027.2%32,168,814
25-29174.425.1%26,089,354
30-34124.918.0%16,487,219
35-3973.510.6%8,612,747
40-4430.84.4%3,115,594
45-497.31.1%611,170
50-540.40.1%29,287