Fertility in Southern Asia, 2005

Southern Asia
2005
Total fertility rate: 3.07
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 3.07 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (208 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 40,955,375 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.07
Births
40,955,375
Births per 1,000 people
25.3
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.3
Population
1,618,572,620
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
10-143.70.6%319,355
15-1969.511.3%5,715,350
20-24208.133.8%15,487,698
25-29168.227.3%10,785,533
30-3496.715.7%5,419,324
35-3947.07.6%2,298,140
40-4418.23.0%788,228
45-493.50.6%130,650
50-540.40.1%11,099