The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China is projected at 2.33 children per woman in 2043 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (134 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.6 years old. In total, 114,885,550 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2043

Total fertility rate

2.33

Births

114,885,550

Births per 1,000 people

17.1

Mean age of mothers

28.6

Births to mothers aged 15–19

8.3%

Net reproduction rate

1.08

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.5

Population

6,706,905,813

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, 2043

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.8	0.2%	204,022
15-19	37.0	7.9%	9,588,094
20-24	110.8	23.8%	28,024,353
25-29	134.1	28.8%	33,714,979
30-34	104.7	22.5%	25,632,222
35-39	55.9	12.0%	12,834,579
40-44	19.4	4.2%	4,193,992
45-49	3.2	0.7%	655,439
50-54	0.2	0.0%	37,786

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2043

Year

Country