Fertility in Less developed regions, 2016

Less developed regions
2016
Total fertility rate: 2.67
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (154 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 131,246,607 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.67
Births
131,246,607
Births per 1,000 people
20.9
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
6,290,688,524
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
10-141.50.3%402,198
15-1947.88.9%12,525,858
20-24143.826.9%36,852,873
25-29153.728.7%39,719,744
30-34107.120.0%25,213,383
35-3956.910.6%11,823,377
40-4419.83.7%3,903,230
45-494.10.8%755,041
50-540.30.1%50,844