Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 1999

Southern Asia
1999
Total fertility rate: 3.55
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 3.55 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (225 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 41,529,039 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.55
Births
41,529,039
Births per 1,000 people
28.6
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.3
Population
1,450,162,360
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
10-146.30.9%515,601
15-19111.215.7%8,219,599
20-24225.231.7%14,318,632
25-29180.025.4%9,996,790
30-34107.415.1%5,232,632
35-3954.27.6%2,343,056
40-4420.22.9%757,865
45-494.50.6%137,700
50-540.30.0%7,160