Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2005

Less developed regions, excluding China
2005
Total fertility rate: 3.26
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 3.26 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (180 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 106,929,941 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.26
Births
106,929,941
Births per 1,000 people
26.5
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
4,034,042,216
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
10-143.90.6%831,396
15-1973.911.3%15,013,265
20-24180.327.6%33,536,286
25-29168.525.8%27,434,015
30-34120.618.5%17,300,754
35-3970.310.7%8,887,125
40-4429.24.5%3,270,228
45-496.51.0%622,940
50-540.40.1%33,953