Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1987

Southern Asia
1987
Total fertility rate: 4.66
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-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 4.66 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (273 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 40,236,168 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.66
Births
40,236,168
Births per 1,000 people
36.0
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
1,118,644,171
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
10-1410.11.1%631,439
15-19138.314.8%7,569,721
20-24272.729.2%13,198,513
25-29225.924.2%9,665,361
30-34148.716.0%5,459,246
35-3988.09.4%2,583,810
40-4439.04.2%925,830
45-499.21.0%191,533
50-540.60.1%10,715