Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 2004

Asia
2004
Total fertility rate: 2.43
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 2.43 children per woman in 2004 — 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 26.8 years old. In total, 77,983,529 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.43
Births
77,983,529
Births per 1,000 people
19.8
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.8
Population
3,945,396,137
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
10-142.10.4%386,098
15-1947.99.9%8,923,300
20-24161.233.2%27,188,930
25-29143.329.5%21,896,066
30-3481.516.8%12,794,493
35-3934.87.2%5,065,856
40-4412.02.5%1,466,567
45-492.20.5%240,515
50-540.20.0%21,683