Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1988

Asia
1988
Total fertility rate: 3.41
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 3.41 children per woman in 1988 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (219 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 88,023,375 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.41
Births
88,023,375
Births per 1,000 people
28.5
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.7
Population
3,087,409,022
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
10-144.60.7%725,952
15-1973.110.7%11,826,408
20-24219.031.9%32,501,145
25-29195.728.5%23,415,711
30-34108.315.8%12,226,908
35-3955.38.1%5,251,179
40-4424.23.5%1,735,615
45-495.10.7%319,585
50-540.40.1%20,865