Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1978

Southern Asia
1978
Total fertility rate: 5.28
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 5.28 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (281 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 34,891,197 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.28
Births
34,891,197
Births per 1,000 people
38.9
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
896,374,464
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
10-1410.51.0%536,954
15-19147.614.0%6,686,113
20-24281.126.6%10,995,581
25-29252.523.9%8,081,702
30-34188.417.8%4,803,315
35-39116.911.1%2,614,557
40-4448.34.6%975,938
45-4910.81.0%188,171
50-540.60.1%8,868