Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2007

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
2007
Total fertility rate: 2.50
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 2.50 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (155 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 96,990,628 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.50
Births
96,990,628
Births per 1,000 people
20.5
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.6
Population
4,737,399,021
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
10-141.90.4%397,520
15-1944.89.0%9,994,313
20-24154.931.0%32,617,433
25-29147.329.5%27,777,607
30-3490.718.1%16,095,018
35-3942.38.5%7,371,378
40-4414.62.9%2,324,057
45-493.10.6%381,056
50-540.30.1%32,195