Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2003

Southern Asia
2003
Total fertility rate: 3.24
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 3.24 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (212 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.3 years old. In total, 41,710,959 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.24
Births
41,710,959
Births per 1,000 people
26.7
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.3
Population
1,562,960,429
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
10-144.50.7%385,761
15-1994.414.5%7,564,693
20-24212.432.7%15,047,526
25-29169.526.1%10,348,766
30-3498.215.1%5,226,675
35-3948.67.5%2,276,516
40-4417.42.7%722,243
45-493.70.6%130,952
50-540.30.0%7,820