Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1998

Asia
1998
Total fertility rate: 2.61
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +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 2.61 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (173 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 79,063,386 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.61
Births
79,063,386
Births per 1,000 people
21.7
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.6
Population
3,645,256,152
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%595,318
15-1962.712.0%10,475,549
20-24172.633.1%26,751,827
25-29146.728.1%23,233,459
30-3479.915.3%11,610,368
35-3940.37.7%4,712,197
40-4412.92.5%1,417,556
45-492.70.5%251,481
50-540.20.0%15,596