Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, 2011

Less developed regions
2011
Total fertility rate: 2.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions was 2.74 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (157 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 130,040,016 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.74
Births
130,040,016
Births per 1,000 people
22.2
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
5,867,818,542
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
10-142.20.4%572,155
15-1956.510.3%14,667,446
20-24156.928.6%41,204,382
25-29153.627.9%36,720,799
30-34103.418.8%21,802,485
35-3953.29.7%10,647,993
40-4419.33.5%3,653,957
45-494.30.8%725,213
50-540.30.1%45,561