Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2022

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
2022
Total fertility rate: 2.03
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 2.03 children per woman in 2022 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (123 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 84,753,708 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.03
Births
84,753,708
Births per 1,000 people
15.1
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
5,602,818,616
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%147,911
15-1929.37.2%6,252,601
20-24110.427.1%23,017,980
25-29123.130.2%25,519,896
30-3483.620.5%18,060,571
35-3942.910.5%8,707,250
40-4414.23.5%2,583,606
45-492.50.6%431,676
50-540.20.0%32,182