Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 2017

South-Eastern Asia
2017
Total fertility rate: 2.16
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 2.16 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 11,285,960 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.16
Births
11,285,960
Births per 1,000 people
17.2
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
656,434,171
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
10-140.40.1%12,079
15-1936.78.5%980,441
20-24104.924.3%2,853,407
25-29121.328.1%3,242,330
30-3494.421.9%2,449,860
35-3954.412.6%1,319,658
40-4416.73.9%369,788
45-492.70.6%55,913
50-540.10.0%2,483