Fertility in Less developed regions, 2022

Less developed regions
2022
Total fertility rate: 2.38
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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 2.38 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (135 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 120,699,419 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.38
Births
120,699,419
Births per 1,000 people
17.9
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
6,737,630,527
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%346,545
15-1943.09.0%11,761,984
20-24126.126.5%33,015,244
25-29135.228.4%34,328,351
30-3494.920.0%24,218,173
35-3951.910.9%12,279,900
40-4419.14.0%3,982,943
45-493.70.8%720,930
50-540.20.1%45,292