Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nepal, 2007

Nepal
2007
Total fertility rate: 2.86
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nepal was 2.86 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (192 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 652,335 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.86
Births
652,335
Births per 1,000 people
24.4
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
26,788,492
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
10-142.30.4%3,973
15-1989.615.7%134,299
20-24192.233.6%244,740
25-29142.324.9%151,467
30-3479.814.0%71,192
35-3942.87.5%32,732
40-4417.63.1%11,357
45-494.50.8%2,442
50-540.30.0%131