Fertility in Southern Asia, 1959

Southern Asia
1959
Total fertility rate: 6.10
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 6.10 children per woman in 1959 — 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, 25,195,475 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.10
Births
25,195,475
Births per 1,000 people
44.2
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
570,109,574
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
10-1411.81.0%345,946
15-19156.012.8%4,031,763
20-24297.324.3%7,069,135
25-29285.723.4%5,990,794
30-34232.019.0%4,208,100
35-39155.412.7%2,444,582
40-4469.45.7%942,345
45-4913.41.1%156,112
50-540.70.1%6,694