Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1989

Southern Asia
1989
Total fertility rate: 4.46
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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 4.46 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (263 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 40,702,007 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.46
Births
40,702,007
Births per 1,000 people
34.7
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
1,172,486,647
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
10-149.61.1%628,666
15-19141.215.8%8,096,230
20-24262.929.5%13,256,237
25-29216.024.2%9,679,682
30-34139.115.6%5,417,452
35-3978.98.8%2,548,349
40-4434.73.9%874,848
45-498.81.0%190,092
50-540.50.1%10,448