Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1998

Southern Asia
1998
Total fertility rate: 3.61
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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 3.61 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (228 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 41,271,792 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.61
Births
41,271,792
Births per 1,000 people
29.0
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.3
Population
1,421,608,139
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
10-146.70.9%538,740
15-19115.916.1%8,333,844
20-24227.931.6%14,135,365
25-29180.725.0%9,791,636
30-34109.315.1%5,214,266
35-3955.77.7%2,350,352
40-4420.92.9%760,584
45-494.80.7%139,794
50-540.30.0%7,214