Fertility in Nepal, 2001

Nepal
2001
Total fertility rate: 3.79
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 Nepal was 3.79 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (237 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 742,840 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.79
Births
742,840
Births per 1,000 people
29.8
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
24,946,748
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
10-143.40.4%5,065
15-19118.015.6%153,794
20-24236.831.2%258,961
25-29183.924.2%170,074
30-34115.715.3%91,496
35-3966.28.7%44,235
40-4428.43.8%16,201
45-495.80.8%2,889
50-540.30.0%125