Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1997

Asia
1997
Total fertility rate: 2.65
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 2.65 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (175 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 79,627,344 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.65
Births
79,627,344
Births per 1,000 people
22.2
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.4
Population
3,593,265,321
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
10-143.20.6%587,595
15-1963.812.0%10,396,285
20-24174.933.0%27,363,447
25-29150.228.4%23,529,244
30-3479.815.1%11,446,003
35-3940.97.7%4,588,853
40-4413.42.5%1,439,976
45-493.00.6%258,878
50-540.30.0%17,054