Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 2007

Asia
2007
Total fertility rate: 2.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 2.37 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (155 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 78,518,804 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.37
Births
78,518,804
Births per 1,000 people
19.2
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.8
Population
4,091,636,913
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
10-141.70.4%294,264
15-1939.18.3%7,369,527
20-24155.432.8%27,657,633
25-29144.430.5%23,044,569
30-3483.117.5%12,734,515
35-3936.07.6%5,522,332
40-4411.62.4%1,621,937
45-492.30.5%247,490
50-540.30.1%26,533