Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1956

Southern Asia
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.09
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-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 6.09 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (295 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 23,877,369 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.09
Births
23,877,369
Births per 1,000 people
45.0
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
531,134,589
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%315,471
15-19156.612.8%3,930,645
20-24295.524.2%6,679,816
25-29284.723.3%5,608,812
30-34231.719.0%3,971,906
35-39155.812.8%2,316,452
40-4470.45.8%901,503
45-4913.21.1%146,942
50-540.70.1%5,827