Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1965

Southern Asia
1965
Total fertility rate: 6.13
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-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 6.13 children per woman in 1965 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (301 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 28,221,684 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.13
Births
28,221,684
Births per 1,000 people
42.8
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
659,780,339
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
10-1411.40.9%424,078
15-19157.512.9%4,694,287
20-24300.724.6%7,680,733
25-29288.023.5%6,713,767
30-34231.718.9%4,774,517
35-39153.312.5%2,719,496
40-4467.15.5%1,026,765
45-4913.71.1%180,271
50-540.70.1%7,772