Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1979

Southern Asia
1979
Total fertility rate: 5.22
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 5.22 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (279 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 35,690,870 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.22
Births
35,690,870
Births per 1,000 people
38.9
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
918,518,140
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
10-1410.91.0%570,427
15-19153.914.7%7,131,966
20-24278.526.7%11,190,723
25-29247.323.7%8,270,520
30-34182.317.5%4,789,648
35-39113.710.9%2,579,583
40-4446.94.5%964,072
45-4910.41.0%185,372
50-540.60.1%8,543