Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1976

Asia
1976
Total fertility rate: 4.26
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-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 4.26 children per woman in 1976 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (231 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 75,728,603 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.26
Births
75,728,603
Births per 1,000 people
31.1
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
2,437,129,372
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
10-144.70.5%679,123
15-1984.59.9%9,832,679
20-24219.625.7%24,230,122
25-29230.727.0%20,282,802
30-34160.818.8%11,142,682
35-3999.411.6%6,366,865
40-4445.85.4%2,702,358
45-499.21.1%467,668
50-540.60.1%24,279