Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, 1993

Less developed regions
1993
Total fertility rate: 3.31
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions was 3.31 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (197 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 121,678,340 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.31
Births
121,678,340
Births per 1,000 people
27.5
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.2
Population
4,425,817,546
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
10-144.90.7%1,151,548
15-1981.412.3%17,319,284
20-24196.829.7%41,010,604
25-29169.125.5%31,996,531
30-34114.117.2%17,620,183
35-3961.59.3%8,671,137
40-4427.84.2%3,220,267
45-497.41.1%650,616
50-540.50.1%38,101