Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1989

Asia
1989
Total fertility rate: 3.36
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 3.36 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (217 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 89,064,564 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.36
Births
89,064,564
Births per 1,000 people
28.3
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.42
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.8
Population
3,148,471,014
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%716,975
15-1973.310.9%11,882,303
20-24217.132.1%32,632,930
25-29194.228.8%24,572,520
30-34105.515.6%11,991,164
35-3952.57.8%5,216,629
40-4422.93.4%1,717,580
45-495.00.7%313,719
50-540.40.1%20,731