Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2006

Southern Asia
2006
Total fertility rate: 3.00
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 3.00 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (204 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 40,707,629 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.00
Births
40,707,629
Births per 1,000 people
24.7
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.2
Population
1,645,686,880
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
10-143.40.6%290,459
15-1962.710.4%5,204,714
20-24203.533.9%15,458,777
25-29168.328.0%11,074,579
30-3494.515.7%5,426,229
35-3946.37.7%2,319,584
40-4417.93.0%789,120
45-493.40.6%132,332
50-540.40.1%11,833