Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1991

Asia
1991
Total fertility rate: 3.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1991  +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 3.05 children per woman in 1991 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (204 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 84,847,608 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.05
Births
84,847,608
Births per 1,000 people
26.0
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.3
Population
3,269,006,368
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
10-144.00.7%649,039
15-1971.111.6%11,358,221
20-24204.333.4%31,826,135
25-29167.927.5%23,620,733
30-3495.115.6%10,699,956
35-3945.37.4%4,820,114
40-4418.43.0%1,548,110
45-494.70.8%303,887
50-540.40.1%21,429