The total fertility rate of Less developed regions is projected at 2.14 children per woman in 2053 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 119,585,114 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2053

Total fertility rate

2.14

Births

119,585,114

Births per 1,000 people

14.1

Mean age of mothers

28.9

Births to mothers aged 15–19

7.3%

Net reproduction rate

1.00

Boys per 100 girls at birth

104.5

Population

8,511,248,570

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.

Fertility by age of mother, 2053

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.6	0.1%	165,105
15-19	30.1	7.0%	8,682,597
20-24	94.9	22.2%	26,751,979
25-29	124.8	29.2%	34,387,959
30-34	102.4	23.9%	28,248,750
35-39	54.3	12.7%	15,624,738
40-44	17.7	4.1%	4,969,751
45-49	2.8	0.6%	716,754
50-54	0.2	0.0%	37,399

Fertility in Less developed regions by year

Fertility in Less developed regions, 2053

Year

Country