Fertility in Southern Asia, 2000

Southern Asia
2000
Total fertility rate: 3.50
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 3.50 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (223 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 41,984,693 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.50
Births
41,984,693
Births per 1,000 people
28.4
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.46
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.4
Population
1,478,613,594
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
10-146.00.9%495,002
15-19109.015.6%8,255,138
20-24223.031.9%14,566,936
25-29178.425.5%10,158,263
30-34105.915.1%5,270,779
35-3953.17.6%2,344,639
40-4419.62.8%752,587
45-494.20.6%134,319
50-540.30.0%7,027