Fertility in More developed regions, 2026

More developed regions
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.47
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of More developed regions is projected at 1.47 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (94 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.7 years old. In total, 11,284,552 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.47
Births
11,284,552
Births per 1,000 people
8.8
Mean age of mothers
30.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
1,288,053,490
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%3,591
15-198.22.8%294,001
20-2441.514.2%1,496,532
25-2981.027.7%2,926,533
30-3493.732.0%3,612,476
35-3954.218.5%2,333,143
40-4413.04.4%567,000
45-491.20.4%50,338
50-540.00.0%927