Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 1996

South-Eastern Asia
1996
Total fertility rate: 2.88
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 2.88 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (155 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 11,970,006 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.88
Births
11,970,006
Births per 1,000 people
24.3
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
493,178,112
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
10-141.40.2%38,050
15-1951.18.9%1,271,966
20-24148.425.7%3,432,463
25-29155.426.9%3,333,430
30-34115.820.1%2,257,470
35-3970.912.3%1,193,700
40-4428.65.0%387,483
45-495.10.9%53,171
50-540.30.0%2,273