Fertility in Asia, 2017

Asia
2017
Total fertility rate: 2.21
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 2.21 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (143 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 77,407,237 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.21
Births
77,407,237
Births per 1,000 people
16.9
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.6
Population
4,572,478,814
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
10-140.40.1%68,501
15-1925.85.8%4,488,344
20-24124.528.2%21,756,996
25-29142.832.3%26,343,004
30-3492.120.8%16,009,597
35-3942.09.5%6,550,029
40-4412.32.8%1,840,210
45-492.10.5%320,677
50-540.20.1%29,883