Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, 2007

Less developed regions
2007
Total fertility rate: 2.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions was 2.79 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (164 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 125,979,536 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.79
Births
125,979,536
Births per 1,000 people
22.8
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
5,535,084,720
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
10-142.90.5%753,877
15-1956.610.1%15,022,432
20-24164.229.3%40,593,202
25-29156.628.0%34,373,063
30-34102.118.3%20,762,072
35-3952.29.3%10,235,764
40-4419.93.6%3,528,486
45-494.80.9%664,846
50-540.40.1%45,756