Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 1951

South-Eastern Asia
1951
Total fertility rate: 5.64
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1951
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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 5.64 children per woman in 1951 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (273 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 7,114,137 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.64
Births
7,114,137
Births per 1,000 people
42.2
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
168,486,090
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
10-149.70.9%96,428
15-1989.67.9%810,435
20-24237.321.0%1,840,404
25-29272.824.2%1,762,988
30-34240.421.3%1,324,727
35-39174.815.5%855,091
40-4486.97.7%367,513
45-4915.41.4%54,362
50-540.80.1%2,190