Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1952

Asia
1952
Total fertility rate: 5.93
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 5.93 children per woman in 1952 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (285 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 61,583,046 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.93
Births
61,583,046
Births per 1,000 people
43.2
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
1,424,440,988
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
10-146.30.5%452,726
15-19107.39.0%7,367,112
20-24266.522.5%16,220,704
25-29284.924.0%15,240,777
30-34237.920.1%11,060,809
35-39177.915.0%7,429,523
40-4490.47.6%3,341,634
45-4914.11.2%454,319
50-540.60.0%15,418