Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 2001

South-Eastern Asia
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.56
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 2.56 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 11,580,070 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.56
Births
11,580,070
Births per 1,000 people
21.7
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
534,859,295
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
10-141.10.2%29,320
15-1944.88.7%1,203,735
20-24132.225.8%3,275,361
25-29139.227.2%3,185,610
30-34105.420.6%2,238,902
35-3962.112.1%1,199,955
40-4423.24.5%388,576
45-494.20.8%56,182
50-540.20.0%2,431