Fertility in Southern Asia, 1951

Southern Asia
1951
Total fertility rate: 5.96
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1951
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-5 -1   1951  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 5.96 children per woman in 1951 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (287 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 21,265,418 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.96
Births
21,265,418
Births per 1,000 people
44.9
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
474,054,182
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
10-1411.41.0%294,645
15-19152.312.8%3,555,077
20-24287.224.1%5,876,201
25-29278.423.3%4,977,552
30-34226.119.0%3,528,763
35-39153.512.9%2,076,392
40-4470.15.9%828,274
45-4913.01.1%123,625
50-540.60.1%4,884