Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1981

Asia
1981
Total fertility rate: 3.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 3.87 children per woman in 1981 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (225 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 80,628,239 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.87
Births
80,628,239
Births per 1,000 people
30.0
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.58
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
2,684,687,839
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
10-144.60.6%725,745
15-1975.39.7%10,792,931
20-24224.729.0%25,835,703
25-29219.428.3%23,958,144
30-34133.317.2%11,543,280
35-3977.810.0%5,286,963
40-4433.54.3%2,090,245
45-496.50.8%373,308
50-540.40.1%21,905