Fertility in South-Eastern Asia, 2026

South-Eastern Asia
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.89
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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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-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of South-Eastern Asia is projected at 1.89 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.7 years old. In total, 10,068,657 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.89
Births
10,068,657
Births per 1,000 people
14.3
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
704,755,916
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
10-140.30.1%9,100
15-1927.77.3%774,111
20-2487.223.0%2,338,439
25-29111.329.4%2,945,704
30-3486.522.8%2,303,724
35-3949.413.0%1,286,515
40-4414.33.8%360,481
45-492.10.6%48,529
50-540.10.0%2,062