Fertility in Less developed regions, 2000

Less developed regions
2000
Total fertility rate: 3.00
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions was 3.00 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (178 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 122,659,441 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.00
Births
122,659,441
Births per 1,000 people
24.6
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.7
Population
4,981,020,966
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
10-143.90.7%1,043,508
15-1973.012.2%17,641,739
20-24178.129.7%38,169,857
25-29161.526.9%33,453,898
30-34100.616.8%19,339,675
35-3954.79.1%9,162,371
40-4422.73.8%3,190,741
45-495.00.8%624,173
50-540.40.1%33,460