Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1985

Southern Asia
1985
Total fertility rate: 4.82
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-5 -1   1985  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 4.82 children per woman in 1985 — 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 26.9 years old. In total, 39,553,821 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.82
Births
39,553,821
Births per 1,000 people
37.1
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
1,065,860,451
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
10-1410.31.1%614,050
15-19153.315.9%8,025,424
20-24272.128.2%12,653,828
25-29228.023.6%9,276,268
30-34154.016.0%5,274,165
35-3995.39.9%2,557,958
40-4442.34.4%954,493
45-499.31.0%188,586
50-540.50.1%9,053