Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1962

Asia
1962
Total fertility rate: 5.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1962  +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 5.79 children per woman in 1962 — 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 29.1 years old. In total, 71,286,753 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.79
Births
71,286,753
Births per 1,000 people
40.6
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
1,753,920,098
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
10-145.50.5%537,006
15-19103.38.9%7,848,269
20-24265.522.9%18,428,335
25-29283.524.5%18,524,128
30-34229.119.8%13,164,534
35-39172.514.9%8,638,234
40-4485.67.4%3,676,940
45-4912.01.0%455,422
50-540.40.0%13,888