Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 1978

South-Eastern Asia
1978
Total fertility rate: 4.66
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 4.66 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (233 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 11,413,620 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.66
Births
11,413,620
Births per 1,000 people
33.8
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
337,415,762
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
10-144.70.5%99,311
15-1978.68.4%1,459,222
20-24214.123.0%3,325,013
25-29232.524.9%2,852,277
30-34188.920.3%1,857,550
35-39133.214.3%1,184,331
40-4466.67.1%542,148
45-4912.91.4%90,053
50-540.70.1%3,718