The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China is projected at 2.21 children per woman in 2054 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (129 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 112,809,826 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2054

Total fertility rate

2.21

Births

112,809,826

Births per 1,000 people

15.4

Mean age of mothers

28.9

Births to mothers aged 15–19

7.5%

Net reproduction rate

1.04

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.4

Population

7,308,200,724

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, 2054

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.6	0.1%	161,393
15-19	31.7	7.2%	8,508,963
20-24	99.0	22.4%	26,059,409
25-29	128.6	29.1%	32,992,273
30-34	104.6	23.7%	26,080,001
35-39	55.7	12.6%	13,747,883
40-44	18.8	4.3%	4,534,776
45-49	3.1	0.7%	688,266
50-54	0.2	0.0%	36,788

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2054

Year

Country