Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1995

Southern Asia
1995
Total fertility rate: 3.85
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-5 -1   1995  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 3.85 children per woman in 1995 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (239 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 40,941,548 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.85
Births
40,941,548
Births per 1,000 people
30.6
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.57
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.9
Population
1,337,369,214
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
10-147.51.0%575,795
15-19127.216.5%8,403,588
20-24239.231.0%13,806,340
25-29191.624.9%9,690,605
30-34115.415.0%5,182,026
35-3960.37.8%2,363,368
40-4423.03.0%756,124
45-496.10.8%155,342
50-540.40.1%8,355