Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Central Asia, 1968

Central Asia
1968
Total fertility rate: 5.17
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Central Asia was 5.17 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (256 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 1,039,417 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.17
Births
1,039,417
Births per 1,000 people
34.0
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
30,611,147
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
10-140.10.0%104
15-1940.33.9%55,037
20-24256.025.0%220,625
25-29253.624.8%265,515
30-34214.421.0%251,917
35-39163.016.0%164,132
40-4476.37.5%71,145
45-4917.51.7%10,475
50-540.90.1%471