Fertility in Less developed regions, 2008

Less developed regions
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.79
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions was 2.79 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (162 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 127,536,699 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.79
Births
127,536,699
Births per 1,000 people
22.7
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
5,616,574,404
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
10-142.70.5%710,965
15-1957.910.4%15,310,852
20-24162.129.0%40,804,922
25-29156.027.9%35,089,624
30-34102.818.4%20,902,182
35-3952.49.4%10,414,389
40-4419.93.6%3,580,564
45-494.70.8%677,316
50-540.30.1%45,827