Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 2011

Asia
2011
Total fertility rate: 2.30
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 2.30 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (146 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 79,627,261 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.30
Births
79,627,261
Births per 1,000 people
18.6
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.6
Population
4,289,496,396
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
10-140.90.2%161,597
15-1937.48.1%6,660,763
20-24146.431.7%27,551,035
25-29142.430.8%24,618,719
30-3484.518.3%13,040,143
35-3936.57.9%5,599,634
40-4411.22.4%1,674,921
45-492.20.5%294,662
50-540.20.1%25,770