Fertility in Southern Asia, 1975

Southern Asia
1975
Total fertility rate: 5.51
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1975
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-5 -1   1975  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 5.51 children per woman in 1975 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (283 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 33,147,392 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.51
Births
33,147,392
Births per 1,000 people
39.8
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
833,130,615
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
10-1411.01.0%530,117
15-19157.214.3%6,622,325
20-24283.425.7%10,046,125
25-29261.223.7%7,303,638
30-34201.418.3%4,785,280
35-39124.311.3%2,682,021
40-4451.64.7%977,583
45-4911.91.1%191,465
50-540.60.1%8,841