Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, 2006

Less developed regions
2006
Total fertility rate: 2.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions was 2.81 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (166 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 124,798,580 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.81
Births
124,798,580
Births per 1,000 people
22.9
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
5,454,383,036
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
10-143.00.5%789,563
15-1956.810.1%15,112,289
20-24166.129.5%40,327,828
25-29157.127.9%33,682,782
30-34101.418.0%20,635,572
35-3952.29.3%10,046,212
40-4420.43.6%3,508,601
45-494.70.8%651,654
50-540.40.1%44,061