Fertility in Asia, 2010

Asia
2010
Total fertility rate: 2.32
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 2.32 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (149 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 79,595,720 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.32
Births
79,595,720
Births per 1,000 people
18.8
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.7
Population
4,239,822,673
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
10-141.10.2%190,120
15-1937.98.1%6,850,046
20-24148.731.9%27,816,085
25-29143.430.8%24,313,275
30-3484.118.1%12,790,773
35-3936.57.8%5,650,487
40-4411.52.5%1,677,663
45-492.20.5%281,344
50-540.20.1%25,920