Fertility in Myanmar, 2001

Myanmar
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.79
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 Myanmar was 2.79 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 1,055,461 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.79
Births
1,055,461
Births per 1,000 people
23.1
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
45,771,138
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
10-141.40.2%3,221
15-1939.87.1%94,344
20-24119.921.4%259,078
25-29143.725.7%282,568
30-34122.321.9%217,625
35-3987.615.7%138,193
40-4439.77.1%54,352
45-495.10.9%5,932
50-540.20.0%146