Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 2000

South-Eastern Asia
2000
Total fertility rate: 2.59
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 2.59 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (141 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 11,543,415 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.59
Births
11,543,415
Births per 1,000 people
21.9
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
527,123,975
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
10-141.20.2%33,409
15-1944.78.6%1,190,814
20-24133.025.6%3,240,143
25-29141.127.2%3,194,541
30-34107.320.7%2,243,119
35-3963.212.2%1,194,561
40-4424.04.6%388,508
45-494.40.8%55,861
50-540.30.0%2,453