Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 2005

South-Eastern Asia
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.43
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 2.43 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (134 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 11,601,081 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.43
Births
11,601,081
Births per 1,000 people
20.6
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
564,152,095
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
10-140.80.2%22,580
15-1942.28.7%1,134,670
20-24124.825.6%3,284,048
25-29133.627.4%3,215,391
30-34102.221.0%2,280,307
35-3959.212.1%1,216,431
40-4421.04.3%388,175
45-493.60.7%56,991
50-540.20.0%2,481