Fertility in Southern Asia, 2010

Southern Asia
2010
Total fertility rate: 2.75
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 2.75 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (194 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 40,431,724 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.75
Births
40,431,724
Births per 1,000 people
23.1
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.2
Population
1,749,910,989
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
10-141.90.3%166,008
15-1951.59.3%4,389,659
20-24194.135.1%15,679,436
25-29162.329.4%11,816,306
30-3485.815.5%5,394,346
35-3939.57.2%2,177,782
40-4413.92.5%667,649
45-493.00.5%127,106
50-540.40.1%13,438