Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1958

Southern Asia
1958
Total fertility rate: 6.10
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 6.10 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (297 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 24,749,668 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.10
Births
24,749,668
Births per 1,000 people
44.5
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
556,537,321
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
10-1411.60.9%331,518
15-19156.412.8%3,992,474
20-24296.824.3%6,950,767
25-29285.423.4%5,859,250
30-34232.019.0%4,125,170
35-39155.612.7%2,402,311
40-4469.85.7%928,963
45-4913.31.1%152,806
50-540.70.1%6,414