Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2008

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.50
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 2.50 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (153 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 98,239,419 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.50
Births
98,239,419
Births per 1,000 people
20.5
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.6
Population
4,800,132,482
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
10-141.70.4%370,617
15-1946.69.3%10,297,525
20-24152.830.5%32,698,998
25-29147.029.4%28,367,469
30-3491.518.3%16,178,291
35-3942.78.5%7,534,136
40-4414.72.9%2,368,921
45-493.00.6%391,326
50-540.30.1%32,099