Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1994

Southern Asia
1994
Total fertility rate: 3.95
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-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 3.95 children per woman in 1994 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (243 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.3 years old. In total, 40,926,642 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.95
Births
40,926,642
Births per 1,000 people
31.2
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
1,309,824,994
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
10-148.01.0%595,940
15-19129.316.4%8,328,553
20-24242.930.7%13,695,215
25-29195.424.7%9,688,056
30-34119.315.1%5,247,348
35-3963.68.0%2,426,589
40-4424.53.1%773,319
45-496.60.8%162,739
50-540.40.1%8,883