Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 2002

Asia
2002
Total fertility rate: 2.49
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 2.49 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (162 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 78,452,897 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.49
Births
78,452,897
Births per 1,000 people
20.4
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.6
Population
3,848,340,934
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
10-142.50.5%466,821
15-1955.711.2%10,041,886
20-24161.832.6%26,179,959
25-29144.529.1%22,408,617
30-3482.316.6%12,761,433
35-3934.77.0%4,930,700
40-4412.72.6%1,401,013
45-492.30.5%243,444
50-540.20.0%19,020