Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1976

Southern Asia
1976
Total fertility rate: 5.46
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-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 5.46 children per woman in 1976 — 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 27.5 years old. In total, 33,900,389 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.46
Births
33,900,389
Births per 1,000 people
39.7
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
853,735,012
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
10-1410.71.0%528,580
15-19156.014.3%6,739,425
20-24283.025.9%10,389,801
25-29259.323.7%7,563,926
30-34198.318.1%4,818,371
35-39122.511.2%2,676,419
40-4450.84.7%983,522
45-4911.61.1%191,559
50-540.60.1%8,788