Fertility in Nepal, 2005

Nepal
2005
Total fertility rate: 3.12
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nepal was 3.12 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (206 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 679,767 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.12
Births
679,767
Births per 1,000 people
25.8
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
26,309,458
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
10-142.40.4%4,083
15-19101.516.3%145,251
20-24206.233.1%250,579
25-29152.324.4%154,467
30-3487.314.0%74,909
35-3948.57.8%35,541
40-4419.73.2%12,206
45-494.90.8%2,602
50-540.30.0%130