Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2010

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
2010
Total fertility rate: 2.47
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 2.47 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (149 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 99,359,312 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.47
Births
99,359,312
Births per 1,000 people
20.2
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.5
Population
4,927,996,231
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
10-141.50.3%306,292
15-1944.79.0%9,640,076
20-24149.530.2%32,995,690
25-29146.029.5%29,299,449
30-3492.418.7%16,546,813
35-3943.68.8%7,707,550
40-4414.52.9%2,410,938
45-492.90.6%420,781
50-540.30.1%31,692