Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 2006

South-Eastern Asia
2006
Total fertility rate: 2.43
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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 2.43 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 11,702,464 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.43
Births
11,702,464
Births per 1,000 people
20.5
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
571,749,811
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
10-140.70.1%19,932
15-1943.08.9%1,161,502
20-24124.825.7%3,303,312
25-29133.127.4%3,253,572
30-34101.920.9%2,294,363
35-3958.612.1%1,223,397
40-4420.54.2%386,703
45-493.50.7%57,220
50-540.20.0%2,475