Fertility in Southern Asia, 1961

Southern Asia
1961
Total fertility rate: 6.14
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 6.14 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (300 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 26,260,946 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.14
Births
26,260,946
Births per 1,000 people
43.9
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
598,677,982
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%373,812
15-19156.612.7%4,196,339
20-24300.124.4%7,307,510
25-29288.123.5%6,282,232
30-34233.219.0%4,412,754
35-39155.412.6%2,542,497
40-4468.95.6%973,987
45-4913.61.1%164,610
50-540.70.1%7,202