Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1953

Asia
1953
Total fertility rate: 5.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Asia was 5.76 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (277 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 61,026,709 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.76
Births
61,026,709
Births per 1,000 people
41.9
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
1,456,150,773
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%458,458
15-19105.59.2%7,324,042
20-24260.222.6%16,172,425
25-29277.424.1%15,169,129
30-34230.720.0%10,958,033
35-39171.614.9%7,246,112
40-4486.47.5%3,240,082
45-4913.51.2%443,229
50-540.60.0%15,184