Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2012

Southern Asia
2012
Total fertility rate: 2.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 2.64 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (188 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 40,079,240 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.64
Births
40,079,240
Births per 1,000 people
22.3
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.9
Population
1,801,150,812
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
10-141.40.3%124,650
15-1948.79.2%4,190,627
20-24188.335.5%15,508,861
25-29158.029.8%11,983,106
30-3482.715.6%5,474,052
35-3935.36.7%2,038,848
40-4412.32.3%619,598
45-492.80.5%125,193
50-540.40.1%14,305