Fertility in Southern Asia, 1990

Southern Asia
1990
Total fertility rate: 4.36
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1990  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 4.36 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (260 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 40,779,119 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.36
Births
40,779,119
Births per 1,000 people
34.0
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
1,199,878,346
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
10-148.91.0%592,282
15-19135.115.5%7,927,141
20-24260.529.9%13,413,757
25-29213.324.5%9,768,530
30-34136.215.6%5,444,245
35-3976.58.8%2,567,552
40-4433.03.8%866,481
45-498.61.0%188,647
50-540.50.1%10,472