Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Less developed regions, 2014

Less developed regions
2014
Total fertility rate: 2.71
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions was 2.71 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (152 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 131,503,536 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.71
Births
131,503,536
Births per 1,000 people
21.5
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
6,124,495,112
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
10-141.80.3%476,498
15-1953.49.8%13,884,807
20-24151.728.0%39,437,291
25-29152.428.1%38,469,537
30-34104.219.2%23,579,111
35-3955.110.2%11,099,211
40-4419.13.5%3,755,750
45-494.20.8%749,115
50-540.30.1%52,162