Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2020

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
2020
Total fertility rate: 2.11
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 2.11 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (128 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 87,729,922 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.11
Births
87,729,922
Births per 1,000 people
15.9
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
5,518,771,100
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
10-140.70.2%159,344
15-1930.27.2%6,390,021
20-24114.127.0%23,659,033
25-29127.730.3%26,913,033
30-3487.420.7%18,837,508
35-3944.610.6%8,728,344
40-4414.63.5%2,550,104
45-492.70.6%457,806
50-540.20.1%34,678