Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 1954

South-Eastern Asia
1954
Total fertility rate: 5.90
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 5.90 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (284 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 8,016,989 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.90
Births
8,016,989
Births per 1,000 people
44.1
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
181,799,509
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%102,281
15-1994.78.0%903,164
20-24245.820.8%2,077,770
25-29284.324.1%2,020,649
30-34251.421.3%1,486,689
35-39184.515.6%945,540
40-4492.27.8%417,296
45-4916.01.4%61,237
50-540.80.1%2,373