The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China is projected at 2.40 children per woman in 2037 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 114,883,541 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2037

Total fertility rate

2.40

Births

114,883,541

Births per 1,000 people

18.2

Mean age of mothers

28.4

Births to mothers aged 15–19

8.9%

Net reproduction rate

1.11

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.6

Population

6,327,413,693

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, 2037

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.9	0.2%	231,809
15-19	39.9	8.3%	10,174,493
20-24	117.2	24.4%	29,705,888
25-29	138.0	28.7%	33,759,024
30-34	104.9	21.8%	24,089,657
35-39	56.2	11.7%	12,177,491
40-44	19.9	4.1%	4,055,257
45-49	3.4	0.7%	651,644
50-54	0.2	0.0%	38,195

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2037

Year

Country