Fertility in Southern Asia, 1980

Southern Asia
1980
Total fertility rate: 5.19
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 5.19 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (277 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 36,620,753 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.19
Births
36,620,753
Births per 1,000 people
38.9
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
941,672,421
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
10-1411.01.1%587,908
15-19155.315.0%7,351,023
20-24277.526.7%11,460,790
25-29245.323.6%8,535,995
30-34179.417.3%4,911,574
35-39112.810.9%2,612,156
40-4446.34.5%967,816
45-4910.21.0%185,014
50-540.60.1%8,469