Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 2012

Asia
2012
Total fertility rate: 2.33
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 2.33 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (148 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 81,133,567 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.33
Births
81,133,567
Births per 1,000 people
18.7
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.5
Population
4,339,608,804
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
10-140.80.2%147,284
15-1937.48.0%6,604,855
20-24147.531.5%27,579,201
25-29145.131.0%25,544,000
30-3486.018.4%13,576,845
35-3937.28.0%5,651,250
40-4411.22.4%1,706,290
45-492.10.5%296,687
50-540.30.1%27,135