Fertility in Less developed regions, 2015

Less developed regions
2015
Total fertility rate: 2.67
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions was 2.67 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (151 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 130,648,036 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.67
Births
130,648,036
Births per 1,000 people
21.0
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
6,208,202,772
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
10-141.60.3%439,391
15-1949.89.3%12,998,725
20-24148.127.7%38,180,811
25-29151.328.3%38,795,038
30-34104.919.6%24,208,205
35-3955.810.4%11,379,500
40-4419.43.6%3,834,824
45-494.20.8%759,106
50-540.30.1%52,413