Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2023

Less developed regions, excluding China
2023
Total fertility rate: 2.65
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China was 2.65 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (147 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 111,565,457 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.65
Births
111,565,457
Births per 1,000 people
20.8
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
5,353,175,684
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
10-141.40.3%342,674
15-1948.89.2%11,629,565
20-24138.826.2%31,356,705
25-29147.327.8%31,356,895
30-34106.920.2%21,399,187
35-3959.811.3%11,091,149
40-4422.64.3%3,728,161
45-494.40.8%626,383
50-540.30.1%34,708