Fertility in Less developed regions, 2023

Less developed regions
2023
Total fertility rate: 2.36
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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 2.36 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (134 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 120,643,551 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.36
Births
120,643,551
Births per 1,000 people
17.7
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
6,807,234,408
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
10-141.20.2%342,932
15-1942.89.1%11,827,291
20-24125.526.6%33,086,588
25-29134.428.5%34,203,236
30-3494.520.0%24,057,776
35-3951.210.8%12,351,660
40-4418.74.0%4,021,232
45-493.70.8%708,700
50-540.20.1%44,111