Fertility in Central Asia, 2008

Central Asia
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.75
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Central Asia was 2.75 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (181 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 1,497,672 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.75
Births
1,497,672
Births per 1,000 people
24.2
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
61,947,251
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%31
15-1922.24.0%74,972
20-24180.832.8%581,917
25-29178.132.3%464,628
30-34106.919.4%246,495
35-3950.79.2%105,551
40-4411.82.1%22,827
45-490.60.1%1,147
50-540.10.0%102