Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 2006

Asia
2006
Total fertility rate: 2.38
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 2.38 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (158 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 78,032,648 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.38
Births
78,032,648
Births per 1,000 people
19.3
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.8
Population
4,042,825,701
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
10-141.80.4%323,120
15-1939.58.3%7,506,959
20-24157.633.1%27,561,460
25-29144.630.4%22,566,464
30-3482.617.3%12,782,655
35-3935.97.5%5,409,606
40-4411.92.5%1,614,916
45-492.30.5%242,218
50-540.30.1%25,256