Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 2008

South-Eastern Asia
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.41
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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 2.41 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 11,857,316 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.41
Births
11,857,316
Births per 1,000 people
20.2
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
588,032,880
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
10-140.60.1%17,101
15-1944.09.1%1,200,924
20-24124.225.8%3,295,278
25-29131.827.3%3,329,037
30-34101.020.9%2,322,715
35-3957.311.9%1,240,651
40-4419.84.1%392,143
45-493.30.7%57,022
50-540.20.0%2,441