Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2002

Less developed regions, excluding China
2002
Total fertility rate: 3.41
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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 3.41 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (186 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 105,667,388 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.41
Births
105,667,388
Births per 1,000 people
27.6
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.45
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
3,822,116,696
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
10-144.60.7%960,589
15-1987.112.8%17,045,696
20-24185.527.2%32,345,817
25-29172.025.2%26,258,660
30-34123.618.1%16,663,739
35-3972.210.6%8,628,622
40-4430.04.4%3,119,626
45-497.11.0%614,600
50-540.40.1%29,998