Fertility in World, 2005

World
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.63
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 World was 2.63 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (154 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 137,166,462 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.63
Births
137,166,462
Births per 1,000 people
20.8
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
6,586,970,132
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
10-142.80.5%843,950
15-1953.910.2%16,348,735
20-24154.329.3%43,071,753
25-29146.227.8%36,853,412
30-3497.818.6%24,078,872
35-3949.59.4%11,494,897
40-4418.03.4%3,774,145
45-493.60.7%657,596
50-540.30.1%43,116