Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1979

Asia
1979
Total fertility rate: 3.94
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 3.94 children per woman in 1979 — 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 27.9 years old. In total, 77,233,386 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.94
Births
77,233,386
Births per 1,000 people
29.9
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.59
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
2,581,432,944
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
10-144.70.6%715,646
15-1976.89.8%9,917,015
20-24215.927.4%25,081,449
25-29219.227.9%22,316,943
30-34141.618.0%10,990,217
35-3983.610.6%5,502,542
40-4437.04.7%2,274,947
45-497.51.0%411,559
50-540.50.1%23,026