Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2021

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
2021
Total fertility rate: 2.06
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 2.06 children per woman in 2021 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 85,925,323 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.06
Births
85,925,323
Births per 1,000 people
15.5
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
5,560,952,236
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%153,892
15-1929.77.2%6,308,865
20-24111.827.1%23,249,368
25-29125.130.3%26,052,472
30-3485.020.6%18,430,997
35-3943.610.6%8,695,391
40-4414.43.5%2,555,448
45-492.60.6%445,326
50-540.20.1%33,565