Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2016

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
2016
Total fertility rate: 2.38
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (145 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 98,615,897 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.38
Births
98,615,897
Births per 1,000 people
18.6
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.8
Population
5,305,069,897
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
10-140.90.2%186,758
15-1934.77.3%7,275,377
20-24131.627.6%27,709,314
25-29145.430.5%31,910,249
30-3497.820.5%19,763,687
35-3948.110.1%8,657,033
40-4415.03.2%2,614,477
45-492.80.6%461,778
50-540.30.1%37,175