Fertility in Less developed regions, 2001

Less developed regions
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.95
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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions was 2.95 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (174 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 122,383,390 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.95
Births
122,383,390
Births per 1,000 people
24.2
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
5,060,563,626
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
10-143.70.6%1,003,223
15-1971.812.2%17,694,403
20-24173.729.5%37,940,466
25-29159.527.0%33,014,277
30-34100.217.0%19,623,540
35-3952.89.0%9,254,365
40-4422.63.8%3,192,791
45-494.90.8%625,824
50-540.40.1%34,466