Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1978

Asia
1978
Total fertility rate: 3.97
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 3.97 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (219 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 75,209,187 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.97
Births
75,209,187
Births per 1,000 people
29.7
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.58
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
2,532,509,776
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
10-144.50.6%684,877
15-1977.59.8%9,476,039
20-24212.126.8%24,477,820
25-29218.827.6%21,321,277
30-34145.418.4%10,779,647
35-3986.710.9%5,651,216
40-4438.74.9%2,359,824
45-498.11.0%434,431
50-540.50.1%24,057