Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2019

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
2019
Total fertility rate: 2.21
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 2.21 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (134 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 91,797,300 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.21
Births
91,797,300
Births per 1,000 people
16.8
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
5,470,692,058
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%166,267
15-1931.57.1%6,638,502
20-24119.727.1%24,844,133
25-29134.430.4%28,752,368
30-3491.720.7%19,474,526
35-3946.010.4%8,844,854
40-4414.93.4%2,578,503
45-492.70.6%462,266
50-540.20.1%35,818