Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, 2012

Less developed regions
2012
Total fertility rate: 2.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions was 2.76 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (158 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 132,140,026 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.76
Births
132,140,026
Births per 1,000 people
22.2
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
5,953,386,744
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
10-142.00.4%542,976
15-1956.510.2%14,669,799
20-24157.628.5%41,367,384
25-29155.228.1%37,812,541
30-34104.218.8%22,502,883
35-3953.89.7%10,780,614
40-4419.13.5%3,688,360
45-494.20.8%728,431
50-540.30.1%47,011