Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2003

Less developed regions, excluding China
2003
Total fertility rate: 3.35
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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 3.35 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (183 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 105,965,051 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.35
Births
105,965,051
Births per 1,000 people
27.2
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
3,892,092,616
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
10-144.30.6%915,248
15-1984.312.6%16,730,708
20-24183.027.3%32,638,745
25-29170.025.3%26,452,732
30-34121.818.1%16,749,208
35-3971.310.6%8,678,676
40-4429.64.4%3,155,109
45-496.91.0%614,317
50-540.40.1%30,254