Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1973

Asia
1973
Total fertility rate: 4.98
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-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 4.98 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (259 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 79,808,490 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.98
Births
79,808,490
Births per 1,000 people
34.9
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
2,289,518,332
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
10-145.60.6%690,846
15-1986.18.7%10,087,940
20-24245.424.7%24,318,439
25-29259.426.1%19,606,346
30-34196.219.7%13,075,851
35-39130.313.1%8,158,995
40-4460.56.1%3,338,109
45-4910.71.1%508,975
50-540.60.1%22,958