Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1986

Southern Asia
1986
Total fertility rate: 4.76
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-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 4.76 children per woman in 1986 — 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, 40,131,722 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.76
Births
40,131,722
Births per 1,000 people
36.7
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
1,092,119,073
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%641,529
15-19150.415.8%8,048,181
20-24271.828.5%12,897,329
25-29226.623.8%9,456,467
30-34151.215.9%5,365,520
35-3992.09.7%2,580,631
40-4440.84.3%944,275
45-499.21.0%188,314
50-540.50.1%9,482