Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1974

Asia
1974
Total fertility rate: 4.72
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1974  +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 4.72 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (249 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 78,226,177 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.72
Births
78,226,177
Births per 1,000 people
33.4
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
2,340,061,182
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
10-145.30.6%692,101
15-1985.19.0%10,021,365
20-24236.025.0%24,391,305
25-29249.326.4%19,690,157
30-34183.619.5%12,343,964
35-39118.312.5%7,461,767
40-4455.05.8%3,105,544
45-4910.21.1%496,132
50-540.60.1%23,814