Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2017

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
2017
Total fertility rate: 2.34
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 2.34 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 97,280,074 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.34
Births
97,280,074
Births per 1,000 people
18.1
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
5,363,241,102
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
10-140.80.2%174,591
15-1933.87.2%7,082,606
20-24127.527.2%26,684,290
25-29143.530.6%31,332,614
30-3497.420.7%20,014,655
35-3948.210.3%8,873,728
40-4415.23.2%2,625,934
45-492.70.6%456,135
50-540.20.0%35,500