Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1982

Asia
1982
Total fertility rate: 3.88
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 3.88 children per woman in 1982 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (229 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 83,312,656 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.88
Births
83,312,656
Births per 1,000 people
30.4
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.59
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
2,739,365,889
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%731,468
15-1977.710.0%11,493,616
20-24229.029.4%26,570,924
25-29221.028.4%24,769,836
30-34131.016.8%11,965,931
35-3976.09.8%5,327,289
40-4432.94.2%2,072,192
45-496.20.8%359,871
50-540.40.1%21,524