Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1956

Asia
1956
Total fertility rate: 5.69
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +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 5.69 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (276 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 63,763,682 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.69
Births
63,763,682
Births per 1,000 people
40.9
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
1,558,805,651
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
10-146.30.6%473,507
15-19104.89.2%7,392,234
20-24259.822.8%17,155,586
25-29275.924.2%16,012,762
30-34227.119.9%11,548,867
35-39168.314.8%7,411,330
40-4484.17.4%3,309,754
45-4912.81.1%443,966
50-540.50.0%15,666