Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1957

Southern Asia
1957
Total fertility rate: 6.10
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-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 6.10 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (296 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 24,349,046 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.10
Births
24,349,046
Births per 1,000 people
44.8
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
543,648,923
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%322,369
15-19156.712.8%3,968,656
20-24296.324.3%6,827,609
25-29285.223.3%5,742,224
30-34232.019.0%4,053,883
35-39155.812.8%2,362,085
40-4470.25.7%916,072
45-4913.31.1%150,028
50-540.70.1%6,129