Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 2012

South-Eastern Asia
2012
Total fertility rate: 2.39
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 2.39 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (130 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 12,171,873 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.39
Births
12,171,873
Births per 1,000 people
19.6
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
619,618,613
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
10-140.50.1%13,887
15-1945.39.5%1,243,138
20-24120.625.2%3,251,091
25-29130.427.3%3,420,429
30-34101.321.2%2,484,897
35-3957.712.1%1,295,449
40-4419.14.0%404,013
45-493.00.6%56,687
50-540.10.0%2,279