Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1997

Southern Asia
1997
Total fertility rate: 3.69
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 3.69 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (233 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.3 years old. In total, 41,106,691 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.69
Births
41,106,691
Births per 1,000 people
29.5
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.52
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.2
Population
1,393,249,431
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
10-146.60.9%528,103
15-19116.415.8%8,135,879
20-24233.231.6%14,126,024
25-29186.925.3%9,888,467
30-34110.515.0%5,162,974
35-3957.17.7%2,350,657
40-4421.62.9%759,825
45-495.20.7%146,895
50-540.40.0%7,863