Fertility in More developed regions, 2001

More developed regions
2001
Total fertility rate: 1.55
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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 1.55 children per woman in 2001 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (94 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 12,996,603 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.55
Births
12,996,603
Births per 1,000 people
10.9
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
1,194,372,834
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
10-140.40.1%13,928
15-1924.78.0%986,058
20-2474.624.0%3,012,388
25-2993.930.3%3,890,047
30-3478.225.2%3,358,356
35-3932.410.4%1,453,565
40-445.91.9%269,329
45-490.30.1%12,258
50-540.00.0%671