Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1953

Southern Asia
1953
Total fertility rate: 6.04
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 6.04 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (291 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 22,385,856 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.04
Births
22,385,856
Births per 1,000 people
45.2
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
495,456,622
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%301,507
15-19154.312.8%3,735,010
20-24291.224.1%6,216,178
25-29282.123.4%5,237,800
30-34229.419.0%3,717,766
35-39155.112.8%2,178,722
40-4470.45.8%858,810
45-4913.21.1%134,957
50-540.60.1%5,102