Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1958

Asia
1958
Total fertility rate: 5.65
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +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 5.65 children per woman in 1958 — 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, 65,466,366 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.65
Births
65,466,366
Births per 1,000 people
40.1
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
1,632,429,827
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
10-146.10.5%492,331
15-19103.09.1%7,350,877
20-24259.523.0%17,611,793
25-29275.624.4%16,677,501
30-34224.819.9%11,931,590
35-39166.314.7%7,628,959
40-4481.97.2%3,316,019
45-4912.41.1%441,505
50-540.50.0%15,784