Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1996

Southern Asia
1996
Total fertility rate: 3.77
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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 3.77 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (238 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 40,974,320 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.77
Births
40,974,320
Births per 1,000 people
30.0
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.54
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.0
Population
1,365,200,305
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
10-147.00.9%543,048
15-19120.316.0%8,171,533
20-24237.631.5%14,047,181
25-29190.625.3%9,853,550
30-34111.614.8%5,111,423
35-3958.17.7%2,336,245
40-4422.12.9%751,232
45-495.70.8%151,848
50-540.40.1%8,265