Fertility in Asia, 2016

Asia
2016
Total fertility rate: 2.24
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 2.24 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (145 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 78,603,853 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.24
Births
78,603,853
Births per 1,000 people
17.4
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.9
Population
4,528,415,183
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
10-140.50.1%79,747
15-1926.55.9%4,613,999
20-24128.928.7%22,705,909
25-29144.732.2%26,881,892
30-3492.220.5%15,749,507
35-3941.79.3%6,367,550
40-4412.22.7%1,848,385
45-492.20.5%325,389
50-540.20.1%31,471