Fertility in More developed regions, 2016

More developed regions
2016
Total fertility rate: 1.65
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 More developed regions was 1.65 children per woman in 2016 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (98 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 13,607,493 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.65
Births
13,607,493
Births per 1,000 people
10.7
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
1,267,866,001
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
10-140.20.1%6,077
15-1914.54.4%489,362
20-2458.417.6%2,142,723
25-2996.029.0%4,005,208
30-3498.129.6%4,198,859
35-3952.415.8%2,249,372
40-4411.23.4%485,225
45-490.70.2%30,260
50-540.00.0%389