Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1963

Southern Asia
1963
Total fertility rate: 6.16
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-5 -1   1963  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 6.16 children per woman in 1963 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (302 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 27,287,599 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.16
Births
27,287,599
Births per 1,000 people
43.4
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
628,682,481
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
10-1411.30.9%389,616
15-19157.112.8%4,393,953
20-24301.924.5%7,491,035
25-29289.623.5%6,560,273
30-34233.819.0%4,623,006
35-39155.212.6%2,641,837
40-4468.55.6%1,006,511
45-4913.81.1%173,819
50-540.70.1%7,550