Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 2003

South-Eastern Asia
2003
Total fertility rate: 2.48
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 2.48 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 11,555,360 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.48
Births
11,555,360
Births per 1,000 people
21.0
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
549,709,252
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
10-140.90.2%25,526
15-1943.28.7%1,163,059
20-24127.325.6%3,263,023
25-29136.227.4%3,182,996
30-34104.120.9%2,272,666
35-3960.112.1%1,201,653
40-4421.94.4%386,728
45-493.90.8%57,207
50-540.20.0%2,508