Fertility in Myanmar, 2008

Myanmar
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.40
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.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Myanmar was 2.40 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (120 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 967,497 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.40
Births
967,497
Births per 1,000 people
20.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
48,390,794
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
10-140.90.2%2,073
15-1936.07.5%81,683
20-24110.823.0%249,442
25-29120.225.0%252,232
30-34105.621.9%200,861
35-3972.315.0%126,007
40-4431.46.5%49,240
45-494.20.9%5,782
50-540.20.0%179