Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1971

Southern Asia
1971
Total fertility rate: 5.82
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-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 5.82 children per woman in 1971 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (292 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 31,041,638 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.82
Births
31,041,638
Births per 1,000 people
41.0
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
757,526,000
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
10-1410.90.9%477,164
15-19159.913.7%6,018,520
20-24291.725.1%8,768,785
25-29275.423.7%6,913,582
30-34215.318.5%4,874,494
35-39137.711.8%2,771,352
40-4458.85.1%1,016,699
45-4913.01.1%192,550
50-540.70.1%8,499