Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 2009

South-Eastern Asia
2009
Total fertility rate: 2.40
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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 2.40 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (131 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 11,915,143 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.40
Births
11,915,143
Births per 1,000 people
20.0
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
595,901,366
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%15,892
15-1944.79.3%1,226,549
20-24124.025.8%3,286,418
25-29131.127.3%3,360,574
30-34100.120.9%2,333,541
35-3956.611.8%1,239,313
40-4419.44.1%392,952
45-493.20.7%57,440
50-540.20.0%2,466