Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 1999

Asia
1999
Total fertility rate: 2.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 2.57 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (170 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 78,786,061 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.57
Births
78,786,061
Births per 1,000 people
21.3
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.6
Population
3,696,551,718
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
10-143.00.6%569,164
15-1961.011.8%10,401,999
20-24169.532.9%26,212,554
25-29146.428.4%23,242,297
30-3480.715.7%11,877,796
35-3938.97.5%4,807,450
40-4412.72.5%1,411,005
45-492.60.5%248,323
50-540.20.0%15,464