Fertility in More developed regions, 2005

More developed regions
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 1.60 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (95 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 13,363,375 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
13,363,375
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
1,212,671,952
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
10-140.30.1%12,281
15-1923.57.4%933,055
20-2471.722.5%2,936,053
25-2994.629.6%3,920,590
30-3483.226.1%3,553,323
35-3938.512.1%1,670,609
40-447.02.2%321,571
45-490.30.1%15,414
50-540.00.0%472