Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2005

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.52
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 2.52 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (159 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 95,559,780 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.52
Births
95,559,780
Births per 1,000 people
20.7
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.6
Population
4,613,394,929
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
10-142.10.4%459,436
15-1947.09.3%10,493,314
20-24159.531.6%32,406,780
25-29146.529.0%26,569,738
30-3489.017.6%15,937,690
35-3941.78.3%7,033,769
40-4415.43.1%2,266,913
45-492.90.6%362,951
50-540.30.1%29,196