Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2004

Southern Asia
2004
Total fertility rate: 3.15
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 3.15 children per woman in 2004 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (211 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.4 years old. In total, 41,411,234 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.15
Births
41,411,234
Births per 1,000 people
26.0
Mean age of mothers
26.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.3
Population
1,591,053,556
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
10-144.10.6%348,744
15-1984.113.3%6,834,814
20-24210.833.4%15,320,029
25-29168.526.7%10,536,862
30-3496.215.2%5,250,883
35-3946.97.4%2,246,361
40-4417.32.7%733,472
45-493.60.6%130,927
50-540.30.0%9,135