The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China is projected at 2.26 children per woman in 2049 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (131 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.7 years old. In total, 113,865,314 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2049

Total fertility rate

2.26

Births

113,865,314

Births per 1,000 people

16.1

Mean age of mothers

28.7

Births to mothers aged 15–19

7.9%

Net reproduction rate

1.06

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.5

Population

7,051,308,467

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, 2049

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.7	0.1%	179,749
15-19	34.0	7.5%	8,999,602
20-24	104.3	23.0%	26,950,722
25-29	131.3	29.0%	32,991,848
30-34	104.5	23.1%	26,058,096
35-39	55.7	12.3%	13,598,496
40-44	19.1	4.2%	4,382,376
45-49	3.1	0.7%	667,283
50-54	0.2	0.0%	37,110

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2049

Year

Country