Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Central Asia, 1998

Central Asia
1998
Total fertility rate: 2.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central Asia was 2.79 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (207 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 1,265,602 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.79
Births
1,265,602
Births per 1,000 people
22.9
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
55,277,408
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
10-140.00.0%80
15-1936.76.6%100,676
20-24207.037.1%505,686
25-29166.929.9%365,352
30-3495.417.1%196,472
35-3939.47.1%78,488
40-4410.71.9%17,214
45-491.20.2%1,439
50-540.30.0%196