Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2008

Less developed regions, excluding China
2008
Total fertility rate: 3.16
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 3.16 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (175 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 109,556,916 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.16
Births
109,556,916
Births per 1,000 people
25.8
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
4,252,110,530
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
10-143.20.5%710,737
15-1970.211.1%14,709,045
20-24175.427.7%34,226,347
25-29165.326.1%28,885,737
30-34117.118.5%17,864,087
35-3968.210.8%9,201,887
40-4427.54.3%3,281,376
45-496.21.0%642,183
50-540.40.1%35,453