Fertility in Southern Asia, 1960

Southern Asia
1960
Total fertility rate: 6.13
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 6.13 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (299 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 25,750,270 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.13
Births
25,750,270
Births per 1,000 people
44.1
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
584,134,106
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%361,136
15-19156.412.8%4,108,916
20-24299.024.4%7,202,691
25-29287.223.4%6,142,711
30-34232.919.0%4,312,686
35-39155.512.7%2,495,851
40-4469.25.6%958,923
45-4913.51.1%160,396
50-540.70.1%6,964