Fertility in Less developed regions, 2021

Less developed regions
2021
Total fertility rate: 2.40
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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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-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Less developed regions was 2.40 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 121,319,210 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.40
Births
121,319,210
Births per 1,000 people
18.2
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
6,670,349,469
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
10-141.20.3%351,497
15-1943.49.0%11,774,925
20-24127.226.5%33,093,792
25-29136.828.5%34,686,606
30-3496.020.0%24,482,982
35-3952.610.9%12,208,726
40-4419.34.0%3,939,697
45-493.80.8%734,338
50-540.30.1%46,665