Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2006

Less developed regions, excluding China
2006
Total fertility rate: 3.23
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 3.23 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (178 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 107,660,282 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.23
Births
107,660,282
Births per 1,000 people
26.2
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.40
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
4,105,974,529
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
10-143.60.6%789,311
15-1971.111.0%14,600,777
20-24178.327.6%33,750,752
25-29168.326.0%28,048,687
30-34119.518.5%17,491,850
35-3969.810.8%9,019,147
40-4428.84.5%3,293,684
45-496.41.0%631,116
50-540.40.1%34,941