Fertility in Less developed regions, 1990

Less developed regions
1990
Total fertility rate: 3.71
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1990  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions was 3.71 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (220 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 128,045,674 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.71
Births
128,045,674
Births per 1,000 people
30.6
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.54
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
4,178,458,294
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
10-145.20.7%1,135,370
15-1982.311.1%17,528,898
20-24220.229.6%43,616,119
25-29200.727.0%34,681,718
30-34123.616.6%18,021,055
35-3969.89.4%9,003,943
40-4433.94.6%3,349,775
45-498.41.1%670,204
50-540.50.1%38,539