Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2011

Southern Asia
2011
Total fertility rate: 2.70
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 2.70 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (191 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 40,247,253 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.70
Births
40,247,253
Births per 1,000 people
22.7
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.1
Population
1,775,849,994
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
10-141.60.3%138,489
15-1949.69.2%4,249,749
20-24191.335.4%15,622,703
25-29160.129.6%11,907,182
30-3484.615.6%5,454,857
35-3937.26.9%2,098,449
40-4412.92.4%634,815
45-492.90.5%126,951
50-540.40.1%14,054