Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in World, 2042

World
2042
Total fertility rate: 2.12
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of World is projected at 2.12 children per woman in 2042 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (120 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 135,635,914 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.12
Births
135,635,914
Births per 1,000 people
14.6
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
9,286,110,371
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
10-140.70.2%209,499
15-1932.07.5%9,889,009
20-2494.722.3%30,132,697
25-29119.628.1%39,813,573
30-34101.824.0%32,901,103
35-3955.513.1%16,759,679
40-4417.94.2%5,137,010
45-492.70.6%753,875
50-540.10.0%39,369