Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1991

Southern Asia
1991
Total fertility rate: 4.25
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1991  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 4.25 children per woman in 1991 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (256 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 40,862,601 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.25
Births
40,862,601
Births per 1,000 people
33.3
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
1,227,344,364
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
10-148.31.0%567,637
15-19135.916.0%8,164,194
20-24256.330.1%13,500,948
25-29207.124.3%9,679,894
30-34130.815.4%5,368,094
35-3973.08.6%2,543,308
40-4430.83.6%844,304
45-498.21.0%184,329
50-540.50.1%9,896