Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1965

Asia
1965
Total fertility rate: 5.95
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1965  +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 5.95 children per woman in 1965 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (288 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 76,794,887 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.95
Births
76,794,887
Births per 1,000 people
40.5
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
1,894,647,600
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
10-145.40.5%592,852
15-1999.78.4%8,644,913
20-24273.123.0%19,454,953
25-29287.724.2%19,241,740
30-34234.019.7%14,340,646
35-39182.315.4%9,724,897
40-4493.27.8%4,304,344
45-4912.11.0%476,427
50-540.40.0%14,122