Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1986

Asia
1986
Total fertility rate: 3.58
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Asia was 3.58 children per woman in 1986 — 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 27.1 years old. In total, 87,191,673 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.58
Births
87,191,673
Births per 1,000 people
29.4
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.1
Population
2,965,641,182
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%743,272
15-1976.110.6%11,964,768
20-24224.631.4%31,857,820
25-29200.828.1%22,850,939
30-34114.416.0%12,342,243
35-3961.78.6%5,267,301
40-4427.23.8%1,817,169
45-495.40.8%328,071
50-540.40.1%20,071