Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2000

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
2000
Total fertility rate: 2.69
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 2.69 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (169 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 96,263,654 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.69
Births
96,263,654
Births per 1,000 people
22.3
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.8
Population
4,307,246,846
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
10-142.80.5%623,461
15-1962.811.7%12,924,601
20-24169.331.4%31,126,643
25-29152.028.2%27,576,046
30-3488.016.4%15,043,736
35-3943.98.2%6,557,940
40-4416.23.0%2,034,123
45-493.20.6%356,597
50-540.20.0%20,491