Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2007

Southern Asia
2007
Total fertility rate: 2.92
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 2.92 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (201 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 40,530,995 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.92
Births
40,530,995
Births per 1,000 people
24.2
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.2
Population
1,671,955,185
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
10-143.00.5%263,914
15-1960.210.3%5,035,419
20-24200.934.3%15,551,218
25-29165.228.2%11,159,855
30-3491.215.6%5,364,304
35-3944.17.5%2,264,031
40-4416.62.8%747,275
45-493.40.6%132,550
50-540.40.1%12,429