Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1972

Asia
1972
Total fertility rate: 5.16
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-5 -1   1972  +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 5.16 children per woman in 1972 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (266 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 80,022,129 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.16
Births
80,022,129
Births per 1,000 people
35.7
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
2,238,486,512
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
10-145.60.5%668,461
15-1986.58.4%9,948,642
20-24251.124.3%23,690,848
25-29265.825.8%19,378,271
30-34205.819.9%13,611,251
35-39140.113.6%8,666,106
40-4465.26.3%3,515,683
45-4911.21.1%520,360
50-540.60.1%22,490