Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1993

Southern Asia
1993
Total fertility rate: 4.04
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-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 4.04 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (244 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 40,821,078 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.04
Births
40,821,078
Births per 1,000 people
31.8
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
1,282,623,213
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
10-148.61.1%621,472
15-19130.116.1%8,184,094
20-24244.030.2%13,454,467
25-29199.424.7%9,701,546
30-34124.515.4%5,363,441
35-3967.88.4%2,517,987
40-4426.43.3%798,815
45-497.20.9%169,912
50-540.50.1%9,347