Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1954

Asia
1954
Total fertility rate: 5.86
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

Country

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 5.86 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (283 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 63,291,206 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.86
Births
63,291,206
Births per 1,000 people
42.5
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
1,488,943,452
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%463,247
15-19107.49.2%7,493,862
20-24265.622.6%16,857,890
25-29282.724.1%15,768,061
30-34234.920.0%11,425,251
35-39174.714.9%7,452,497
40-4488.27.5%3,357,758
45-4913.61.2%456,974
50-540.60.0%15,664