Fertility in World, 2001

World
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.71
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World was 2.71 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (158 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 135,379,993 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.71
Births
135,379,993
Births per 1,000 people
21.6
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
6,254,936,460
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
10-143.30.6%1,017,151
15-1965.212.0%18,680,461
20-24158.229.2%40,952,854
25-29148.527.4%36,904,324
30-3496.317.7%22,981,896
35-3948.69.0%10,707,930
40-4418.53.4%3,462,120
45-493.70.7%638,082
50-540.30.0%35,137