Fertility in More developed regions, 2021

More developed regions
2021
Total fertility rate: 1.51
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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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-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions was 1.51 children per woman in 2021 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (94 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.4 years old. In total, 12,129,629 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.51
Births
12,129,629
Births per 1,000 people
9.4
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
1,284,098,923
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
10-140.10.0%5,095
15-199.83.3%336,243
20-2446.415.4%1,629,472
25-2985.728.4%3,267,430
30-3493.831.1%4,021,721
35-3952.817.5%2,299,726
40-4412.34.1%530,848
45-490.90.3%38,585
50-540.00.0%498