Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2018

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
2018
Total fertility rate: 2.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 2.26 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 93,758,017 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.26
Births
93,758,017
Births per 1,000 people
17.3
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
5,418,606,113
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%170,582
15-1932.57.2%6,840,472
20-24122.827.2%25,567,642
25-29137.130.3%29,652,564
30-3493.720.7%19,588,616
35-3947.010.4%8,853,069
40-4415.03.3%2,581,821
45-492.70.6%467,607
50-540.20.1%35,601