Fertility in Southern Asia, 1950

Southern Asia
1950
Total fertility rate: 5.92
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 5.92 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (285 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 20,749,203 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.92
Births
20,749,203
Births per 1,000 people
44.7
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
464,073,744
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
10-1411.31.0%289,651
15-19151.312.8%3,470,405
20-24285.524.1%5,724,177
25-29276.623.3%4,857,181
30-34224.618.9%3,442,067
35-39152.812.9%2,031,563
40-4470.25.9%810,679
45-4912.81.1%118,687
50-540.60.1%4,785