Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 2028

World
2028
Total fertility rate: 2.21
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World is projected at 2.21 children per woman in 2028 — 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, 132,761,183 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.21
Births
132,761,183
Births per 1,000 people
15.7
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
8,436,618,886
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%298,466
15-1935.78.1%11,747,218
20-24108.724.6%33,858,851
25-29126.828.7%37,709,299
30-3497.422.0%28,136,234
35-3952.011.8%15,270,017
40-4417.33.9%4,889,358
45-493.20.7%808,423
50-540.20.0%43,257