Fertility in Asia, 2018

Asia
2018
Total fertility rate: 2.12
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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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The total fertility rate of Asia was 2.12 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 74,269,646 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.12
Births
74,269,646
Births per 1,000 people
16.1
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.5
Population
4,613,623,514
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%64,054
15-1924.95.9%4,332,839
20-24119.628.2%20,796,300
25-29135.832.0%24,767,353
30-3488.420.8%15,647,070
35-3940.79.6%6,502,499
40-4412.12.9%1,796,045
45-492.20.5%333,418
50-540.20.1%30,058