Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2015

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
2015
Total fertility rate: 2.38
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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 2.38 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (143 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 98,550,379 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.38
Births
98,550,379
Births per 1,000 people
18.8
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.9
Population
5,245,494,224
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
10-141.00.2%208,934
15-1937.27.8%7,786,712
20-24136.828.7%29,180,964
25-29142.729.9%31,143,190
30-3495.219.9%18,883,787
35-3946.99.8%8,286,297
40-4414.63.1%2,556,864
45-492.80.6%465,060
50-540.30.1%38,544