The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China is projected at 2.39 children per woman in 2038 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.5 years old. In total, 114,956,596 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2038

Total fertility rate

2.39

Births

114,956,596

Births per 1,000 people

18.0

Mean age of mothers

28.5

Births to mothers aged 15–19

8.8%

Net reproduction rate

1.11

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.6

Population

6,392,734,339

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, 2038

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.9	0.2%	227,141
15-19	39.5	8.3%	10,059,719
20-24	116.0	24.3%	29,401,416
25-29	137.3	28.7%	33,904,525
30-34	104.9	21.9%	24,330,330
35-39	56.0	11.7%	12,272,208
40-44	19.8	4.1%	4,071,081
45-49	3.4	0.7%	651,955
50-54	0.2	0.0%	38,165

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2038

Year

Country