The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China is projected at 2.42 children per woman in 2036 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 114,830,819 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2036

Total fertility rate

2.42

Births

114,830,819

Births per 1,000 people

18.3

Mean age of mothers

28.4

Births to mothers aged 15–19

9.0%

Net reproduction rate

1.12

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.6

Population

6,261,288,406

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.

Fertility by age of mother, 2036

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.9	0.2%	237,280
15-19	40.4	8.4%	10,306,399
20-24	118.6	24.5%	30,003,265
25-29	138.8	28.7%	33,577,437
30-34	105.0	21.7%	23,887,229
35-39	56.4	11.6%	12,088,583
40-44	20.1	4.1%	4,040,256
45-49	3.5	0.7%	652,117
50-54	0.2	0.0%	38,192

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2036

Year

Country