Fertility in Southern Asia, 2001

Southern Asia
2001
Total fertility rate: 3.43
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 3.43 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (221 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 42,219,329 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.43
Births
42,219,329
Births per 1,000 people
28.0
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.3
Population
1,507,156,277
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
10-145.50.8%458,866
15-19106.315.5%8,222,728
20-24220.632.2%14,820,432
25-29175.725.6%10,257,957
30-34103.615.1%5,271,375
35-3951.37.5%2,310,648
40-4418.72.7%737,457
45-494.00.6%132,770
50-540.30.0%7,097