Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, 2003

Less developed regions
2003
Total fertility rate: 2.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions was 2.87 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (169 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 122,475,289 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.87
Births
122,475,289
Births per 1,000 people
23.5
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
5,216,602,026
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
10-143.40.6%915,613
15-1967.011.7%17,101,625
20-24169.429.5%38,787,978
25-29155.827.2%32,229,285
30-3499.617.4%20,096,009
35-3951.59.0%9,416,617
40-4421.93.8%3,258,405
45-494.70.8%631,903
50-540.30.1%37,802