Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1987

Asia
1987
Total fertility rate: 3.54
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 3.54 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (227 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 88,785,364 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.54
Births
88,785,364
Births per 1,000 people
29.3
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.48
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
3,026,396,339
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%727,215
15-1972.410.2%11,587,999
20-24227.332.0%33,305,504
25-29201.028.3%23,086,697
30-34113.616.0%12,569,527
35-3959.68.4%5,366,138
40-4426.13.7%1,797,356
45-495.30.7%324,310
50-540.40.1%20,636