Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2009

Less developed regions, excluding China
2009
Total fertility rate: 3.14
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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 3.14 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (176 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 110,545,099 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.14
Births
110,545,099
Births per 1,000 people
25.6
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
4,326,273,944
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
10-143.00.5%664,892
15-1967.910.8%14,345,116
20-24175.627.9%34,704,256
25-29164.826.2%29,430,687
30-34116.418.5%18,139,223
35-3967.510.7%9,291,727
40-4427.04.3%3,286,305
45-496.11.0%646,040
50-540.40.1%36,841