Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1992

Southern Asia
1992
Total fertility rate: 4.14
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-5 -1   1992  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 4.14 children per woman in 1992 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (250 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 40,851,318 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.14
Births
40,851,318
Births per 1,000 people
32.5
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
1,255,085,374
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
10-148.51.0%600,526
15-19134.416.2%8,258,088
20-24250.130.2%13,473,375
25-29202.324.4%9,648,353
30-34127.715.4%5,370,341
35-3969.58.4%2,503,044
40-4428.23.4%810,091
45-497.70.9%177,825
50-540.50.1%9,672