Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1983

Southern Asia
1983
Total fertility rate: 4.97
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-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 4.97 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (272 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 38,509,694 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.97
Births
38,509,694
Births per 1,000 people
38.0
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
1,014,617,564
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
10-1410.51.1%597,627
15-19154.815.5%7,777,213
20-24271.627.3%12,098,325
25-29235.823.7%9,098,770
30-34164.916.6%5,195,081
35-39103.510.4%2,584,783
40-4444.24.4%962,309
45-499.61.0%187,007
50-540.50.1%8,570