Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 1960

South-Eastern Asia
1960
Total fertility rate: 6.02
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 6.02 children per woman in 1960 — 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, 9,435,293 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.02
Births
9,435,293
Births per 1,000 people
43.9
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
215,005,361
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
10-148.60.7%99,697
15-19100.08.3%1,012,815
20-24251.520.9%2,384,436
25-29289.424.0%2,451,734
30-34254.421.1%1,816,830
35-39189.415.7%1,116,502
40-4495.47.9%479,016
45-4916.21.3%71,414
50-540.80.1%2,835