Fertility in Asia, 2021

Asia
2021
Total fertility rate: 1.93
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Asia was 1.93 children per woman in 2021 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (123 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 67,363,905 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.93
Births
67,363,905
Births per 1,000 people
14.3
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
4,718,316,367
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
10-140.30.1%55,747
15-1922.75.9%3,963,822
20-24107.827.9%18,658,826
25-29122.931.9%21,469,653
30-3479.920.7%14,692,743
35-3937.99.8%6,406,329
40-4411.83.1%1,771,229
45-492.10.6%317,095
50-540.20.1%28,484