Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries Fertility Rate 2070: Births by Age of Mother

The total fertility rate of Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries is projected at 1.83 children per woman in 2070 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.5 years old. In total, 69,628,529 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2070

Total fertility rate

1.83

Births

69,628,529

Births per 1,000 people

10.8

Mean age of mothers

29.5

Births to mothers aged 15–19

3.8%

Net reproduction rate

0.87

Boys per 100 girls at birth

105.0

Population

6,457,818,908

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.

Fertility by age of mother, 2070

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.1	0.0%	25,930
15-19	14.8	4.1%	2,669,648
20-24	70.2	19.2%	13,130,865
25-29	114.3	31.3%	21,941,586
30-34	100.9	27.6%	19,453,826
35-39	49.5	13.5%	9,443,980
40-44	13.9	3.8%	2,607,481
45-49	1.8	0.5%	335,557
50-54	0.1	0.0%	19,607

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries by year

Fertility in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2070

Year

Country