Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1968

Asia
1968
Total fertility rate: 5.81
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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 5.81 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (285 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 80,032,747 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.81
Births
80,032,747
Births per 1,000 people
39.3
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
2,035,404,653
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%640,420
15-1992.98.0%9,369,455
20-24269.723.3%20,832,718
25-29284.724.6%19,436,589
30-34232.520.0%14,963,832
35-39175.415.1%9,990,909
40-4486.67.5%4,275,268
45-4912.11.0%509,000
50-540.40.0%14,565