The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding China is projected at 1.97 children per woman in 2085 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.6 years old. In total, 103,088,422 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2085

Total fertility rate

1.97

Births

103,088,422

Births per 1,000 people

12.5

Mean age of mothers

29.6

Births to mothers aged 15–19

5.1%

Net reproduction rate

0.94

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.4

Population

8,259,236,669

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, 2085

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.3	0.1%	69,775
15-19	20.3	5.2%	5,291,420
20-24	74.0	18.8%	19,386,207
25-29	116.2	29.5%	30,490,710
30-34	106.6	27.1%	27,971,616
35-39	56.3	14.3%	14,742,002
40-44	17.3	4.4%	4,486,843
45-49	2.4	0.6%	623,684
50-54	0.1	0.0%	26,019

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2085

Year

Country