Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 1953

South-Eastern Asia
1953
Total fertility rate: 5.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 5.79 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (279 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 7,680,132 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.79
Births
7,680,132
Births per 1,000 people
43.4
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
177,103,104
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
10-1410.10.9%101,616
15-1992.88.0%872,010
20-24242.120.9%1,991,734
25-29279.424.1%1,923,778
30-34246.721.3%1,421,314
35-39180.515.6%910,237
40-4489.97.8%398,413
45-4915.81.4%58,722
50-540.80.1%2,312