Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 1970

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
1970
Total fertility rate: 5.77
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1970
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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 5.77 children per woman in 1970 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (281 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 92,150,829 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.77
Births
92,150,829
Births per 1,000 people
38.9
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
2,371,031,562
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.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-145.50.5%744,281
15-1993.48.1%11,438,295
20-24270.823.5%25,500,632
25-29281.224.4%21,604,011
30-34232.120.1%16,477,059
35-39171.714.9%11,072,127
40-4483.37.2%4,645,189
45-4913.61.2%644,757
50-540.60.1%24,438