Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1996

Asia
1996
Total fertility rate: 2.69
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1996  +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 2.69 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (180 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 80,266,908 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.69
Births
80,266,908
Births per 1,000 people
22.7
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.3
Population
3,540,729,988
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
10-143.40.6%604,455
15-1966.012.2%10,512,994
20-24179.733.3%28,386,177
25-29151.428.1%23,300,508
30-3480.514.9%11,179,060
35-3941.07.6%4,555,878
40-4413.82.6%1,445,132
45-493.20.6%264,994
50-540.30.1%17,694