The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China is projected at 2.27 children per woman in 2048 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.7 years old. In total, 114,079,711 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2048

Total fertility rate

2.27

Births

114,079,711

Births per 1,000 people

16.3

Mean age of mothers

28.7

Births to mothers aged 15–19

8.0%

Net reproduction rate

1.06

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.5

Population

6,996,586,347

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, 2048

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.7	0.2%	183,567
15-19	34.4	7.6%	9,097,806
20-24	105.4	23.2%	27,134,799
25-29	131.7	29.0%	33,055,426
30-34	104.5	23.0%	26,044,307
35-39	55.8	12.3%	13,517,107
40-44	19.2	4.2%	4,344,043
45-49	3.1	0.7%	665,389
50-54	0.2	0.0%	37,202

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2048

Year

Country