Fertility in Central Asia, 2001

Central Asia
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.52
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central Asia was 2.52 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (185 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 1,185,262 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.52
Births
1,185,262
Births per 1,000 people
20.9
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
56,820,575
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%68
15-1925.55.1%77,912
20-24184.636.7%471,246
25-29154.730.7%355,491
30-3491.618.2%188,547
35-3936.67.3%73,365
40-449.61.9%17,359
45-490.80.2%1,085
50-540.20.0%189