Fertility in Asia, 2001

Asia
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 2.53 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (165 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 79,003,557 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.53
Births
79,003,557
Births per 1,000 people
20.8
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.7
Population
3,798,918,126
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
10-142.60.5%504,411
15-1958.711.6%10,384,426
20-24164.632.5%26,027,698
25-29147.029.1%23,018,952
30-3481.816.2%12,462,739
35-3935.97.1%4,931,476
40-4412.92.6%1,414,106
45-492.40.5%242,913
50-540.20.0%16,837