The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China is projected at 2.04 children per woman in 2074 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (120 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.3 years old. In total, 107,651,052 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2074

Total fertility rate

2.04

Births

107,651,052

Births per 1,000 people

13.4

Mean age of mothers

29.3

Births to mothers aged 15–19

6.0%

Net reproduction rate

0.96

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.4

Population

8,052,662,473

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, 2074

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.4	0.1%	98,233
15-19	24.2	5.9%	6,415,514
20-24	82.1	20.1%	21,822,919
25-29	119.7	29.4%	31,818,050
30-34	105.2	25.8%	27,802,073
35-39	55.5	13.6%	14,457,992
40-44	17.8	4.4%	4,536,380
45-49	2.7	0.7%	668,332
50-54	0.1	0.0%	31,487

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2074

Year

Country