Fertility in Central Asia, 2017

Central Asia
2017
Total fertility rate: 2.79
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central Asia was 2.79 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (195 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 1,728,275 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.79
Births
1,728,275
Births per 1,000 people
23.9
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
72,284,265
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%27
15-1926.74.7%75,495
20-24195.434.7%623,625
25-29171.630.5%565,186
30-34107.219.1%317,850
35-3949.48.8%119,721
40-4411.22.0%24,669
45-490.80.1%1,532
50-540.10.0%163