Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2002

Southern Asia
2002
Total fertility rate: 3.33
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 3.33 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (216 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.3 years old. In total, 42,009,748 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.33
Births
42,009,748
Births per 1,000 people
27.4
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.2
Population
1,535,196,779
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
10-145.00.8%424,651
15-19100.315.0%7,913,924
20-24215.632.3%14,892,094
25-29172.625.9%10,321,962
30-34101.915.3%5,307,338
35-3949.87.5%2,288,430
40-4417.82.7%721,824
45-493.80.6%131,997
50-540.30.0%7,524