Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 2027

World
2027
Total fertility rate: 2.22
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World is projected at 2.22 children per woman in 2027 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 132,590,971 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.22
Births
132,590,971
Births per 1,000 people
15.8
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
8,369,094,344
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
10-140.90.2%307,767
15-1936.38.2%11,833,083
20-24110.324.8%33,969,151
25-29127.128.6%37,552,598
30-3497.021.8%28,021,614
35-3951.711.6%15,237,455
40-4417.43.9%4,828,535
45-493.20.7%797,200
50-540.20.0%43,517