Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1954

Southern Asia
1954
Total fertility rate: 6.07
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 6.07 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (293 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 22,936,431 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.07
Births
22,936,431
Births per 1,000 people
45.3
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
506,802,805
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
10-1411.50.9%305,035
15-19155.412.8%3,814,825
20-24293.524.2%6,390,069
25-29283.823.4%5,367,876
30-34230.919.0%3,810,090
35-39155.712.8%2,229,404
40-4470.65.8%873,972
45-4913.21.1%139,856
50-540.60.1%5,303