Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 1950

South-Eastern Asia
1950
Total fertility rate: 5.69
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 5.69 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (277 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 6,997,162 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.69
Births
6,997,162
Births per 1,000 people
42.5
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
164,549,272
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
10-149.50.8%93,799
15-1988.67.8%784,050
20-24238.921.0%1,797,180
25-29276.524.3%1,733,473
30-34243.321.4%1,315,577
35-39177.115.6%852,439
40-4488.57.8%364,969
45-4915.61.4%53,527
50-540.80.1%2,151