Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2001

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 2.64 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (165 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 95,628,362 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.64
Births
95,628,362
Births per 1,000 people
21.9
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.7
Population
4,370,538,446
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
10-142.60.5%584,942
15-1961.611.7%12,903,675
20-24164.531.2%30,766,917
25-29149.728.4%27,064,311
30-3487.916.7%15,279,274
35-3942.28.0%6,621,523
40-4416.13.1%2,028,895
45-493.10.6%357,192
50-540.20.0%21,585