Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1973

Southern Asia
1973
Total fertility rate: 5.68
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-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 5.68 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (288 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 32,173,484 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.68
Births
32,173,484
Births per 1,000 people
40.5
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
793,460,454
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
10-1411.31.0%523,321
15-19163.314.4%6,522,195
20-24288.225.4%9,442,774
25-29267.723.6%7,007,765
30-34206.918.2%4,767,617
35-39130.011.5%2,719,433
40-4454.74.8%990,277
45-4912.41.1%191,454
50-540.70.1%8,648