Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1957

Asia
1957
Total fertility rate: 5.91
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 5.91 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (287 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 67,363,195 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.91
Births
67,363,195
Births per 1,000 people
42.2
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
1,595,227,782
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
10-146.20.5%480,946
15-19107.09.0%7,591,915
20-24270.322.8%18,149,176
25-29287.024.2%17,014,091
30-34235.919.9%12,243,404
35-39175.914.9%7,896,479
40-4487.87.4%3,511,628
45-4913.11.1%459,459
50-540.50.0%16,102