Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Asia, 2014

Asia
2014
Total fertility rate: 2.26
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 2.26 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 79,331,656 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.26
Births
79,331,656
Births per 1,000 people
17.9
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.3
Population
4,436,946,289
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
10-140.60.1%107,852
15-1932.97.2%5,748,590
20-24139.630.7%25,426,225
25-29142.031.2%25,853,276
30-3486.919.1%14,316,987
35-3938.78.5%5,784,804
40-4411.42.5%1,746,119
45-492.20.5%315,436
50-540.30.1%32,353