The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China is projected at 2.32 children per woman in 2044 — 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, 114,785,763 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2044

Total fertility rate

2.32

Births

114,785,763

Births per 1,000 people

17.0

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

6,766,916,504

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, 2044

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.8	0.2%	199,739
15-19	36.4	7.9%	9,489,584
20-24	109.8	23.7%	27,809,146
25-29	133.6	28.8%	33,603,507
30-34	104.6	22.6%	25,787,754
35-39	56.0	12.1%	12,982,991
40-44	19.3	4.2%	4,218,728
45-49	3.2	0.7%	656,573
50-54	0.2	0.0%	37,697

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2044

Year

Country