Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 1970

South-Eastern Asia
1970
Total fertility rate: 5.61
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1970
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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 5.61 children per woman in 1970 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (271 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 10,767,635 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.61
Births
10,767,635
Births per 1,000 people
38.4
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
280,169,805
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
10-145.60.5%97,629
15-1986.07.7%1,207,745
20-24240.321.4%2,669,684
25-29271.224.2%2,608,764
30-34236.221.1%2,111,835
35-39174.315.5%1,382,878
40-4490.18.0%596,945
45-4916.41.5%88,507
50-540.80.1%3,637