Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 2016

South-Eastern Asia
2016
Total fertility rate: 2.21
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia was 2.21 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (124 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 11,558,983 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.21
Births
11,558,983
Births per 1,000 people
17.8
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
649,503,887
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%12,406
15-1939.28.8%1,052,121
20-24108.724.5%2,970,850
25-29123.627.9%3,271,397
30-3496.521.7%2,497,410
35-3955.312.5%1,320,967
40-4417.13.9%375,162
45-492.80.6%56,215
50-540.10.0%2,445