Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 2003

Asia
2003
Total fertility rate: 2.45
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 2.45 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (161 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 77,962,058 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.45
Births
77,962,058
Births per 1,000 people
20.0
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.6
Population
3,896,798,909
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
10-142.30.5%425,674
15-1953.010.8%9,701,331
20-24160.732.9%26,598,391
25-29142.529.1%21,855,746
30-3481.116.6%12,701,126
35-3934.87.1%4,993,973
40-4412.42.5%1,424,115
45-492.20.5%241,721
50-540.20.0%19,986