Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 1959

South-Eastern Asia
1959
Total fertility rate: 6.01
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 6.01 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (289 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 9,218,178 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.01
Births
9,218,178
Births per 1,000 people
44.1
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
209,014,111
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
10-149.20.8%102,706
15-1999.68.3%998,154
20-24251.120.8%2,348,368
25-29289.024.0%2,387,234
30-34254.421.1%1,758,852
35-39189.215.7%1,082,695
40-4494.97.9%467,496
45-4916.21.3%69,898
50-540.80.1%2,773