Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2018

Less developed regions, excluding China
2018
Total fertility rate: 2.82
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 2.82 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (156 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 111,872,143 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.82
Births
111,872,143
Births per 1,000 people
22.4
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
5,001,128,386
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
10-141.50.3%370,398
15-1952.09.2%11,826,495
20-24147.926.2%31,747,534
25-29156.227.7%31,685,129
30-34113.120.1%21,293,514
35-3963.811.3%10,734,318
40-4424.24.3%3,543,687
45-494.90.9%635,110
50-540.30.1%35,906