Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 1980

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
1980
Total fertility rate: 4.10
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 4.10 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (225 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 92,513,803 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.10
Births
92,513,803
Births per 1,000 people
31.3
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
2,959,492,665
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
10-144.60.6%822,808
15-1978.99.6%12,338,281
20-24224.727.5%29,748,246
25-29221.927.1%26,304,240
30-34147.318.0%13,331,058
35-3991.011.1%6,677,788
40-4441.05.0%2,757,334
45-498.41.0%506,120
50-540.50.1%27,895