The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China is projected at 2.35 children per woman in 2041 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (135 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.5 years old. In total, 115,019,450 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2041

Total fertility rate

2.35

Births

115,019,450

Births per 1,000 people

17.5

Mean age of mothers

28.5

Births to mothers aged 15–19

8.5%

Net reproduction rate

1.09

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.5

Population

6,583,992,596

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, 2041

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.8	0.2%	212,770
15-19	38.0	8.1%	9,767,346
20-24	112.8	24.0%	28,536,349
25-29	135.3	28.7%	33,946,211
30-34	104.9	22.3%	25,151,290
35-39	55.8	11.9%	12,570,873
40-44	19.6	4.2%	4,142,123
45-49	3.3	0.7%	654,516
50-54	0.2	0.0%	37,940

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2041

Year

Country