Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2023

Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
2023
Total fertility rate: 2.02
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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 2.02 children per woman in 2023 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (122 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 84,219,988 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.02
Births
84,219,988
Births per 1,000 people
14.9
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
5,646,178,858
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
10-140.60.2%142,615
15-1929.17.2%6,260,409
20-24109.927.2%22,971,913
25-29122.330.3%25,275,756
30-3483.020.6%17,793,506
35-3942.210.5%8,723,334
40-4414.03.5%2,601,993
45-492.50.6%419,330
50-540.20.0%31,112