Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 1955

South-Eastern Asia
1955
Total fertility rate: 5.87
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1955
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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 5.87 children per woman in 1955 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (283 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 8,193,973 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.87
Births
8,193,973
Births per 1,000 people
43.9
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
186,780,328
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
10-1410.00.8%102,704
15-1996.08.2%927,186
20-24245.520.9%2,126,486
25-29282.624.0%2,073,057
30-34249.821.2%1,519,923
35-39183.615.6%957,560
40-4491.57.8%421,945
45-4916.01.4%62,684
50-540.80.1%2,421