Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1988

Southern Asia
1988
Total fertility rate: 4.55
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-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 4.55 children per woman in 1988 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (267 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 40,474,425 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.55
Births
40,474,425
Births per 1,000 people
35.3
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
1,145,364,881
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
10-1410.01.1%635,596
15-19141.015.5%7,898,730
20-24267.129.3%13,198,120
25-29220.224.2%9,646,015
30-34143.815.8%5,443,564
35-3982.89.1%2,554,995
40-4436.74.0%895,580
45-499.11.0%191,230
50-540.60.1%10,602