Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1966

Asia
1966
Total fertility rate: 5.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1966  +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 5.77 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (280 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 76,055,127 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.77
Births
76,055,127
Births per 1,000 people
39.2
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
1,940,809,586
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%616,023
15-1995.48.3%8,709,866
20-24267.623.2%19,400,047
25-29279.624.3%18,828,370
30-34227.719.8%14,238,553
35-39176.115.3%9,593,512
40-4488.47.7%4,170,180
45-4912.01.0%484,179
50-540.40.0%14,385