Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1952

Southern Asia
1952
Total fertility rate: 6.00
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 6.00 children per woman in 1952 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (289 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 21,825,653 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.00
Births
21,825,653
Births per 1,000 people
45.0
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
484,592,427
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
10-1411.51.0%298,578
15-19153.312.8%3,645,218
20-24289.324.1%6,045,689
25-29280.323.4%5,107,473
30-34227.819.0%3,623,121
35-39154.412.9%2,126,895
40-4470.25.9%844,384
45-4913.11.1%129,306
50-540.60.1%4,977