Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2014

Southern Asia
2014
Total fertility rate: 2.51
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 2.51 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (174 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 38,793,685 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.51
Births
38,793,685
Births per 1,000 people
21.0
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.8
Population
1,849,167,917
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
10-140.90.2%86,014
15-1939.97.9%3,473,615
20-24174.034.6%14,486,106
25-29153.430.5%11,973,766
30-3484.416.8%5,876,460
35-3935.27.0%2,116,936
40-4412.22.4%644,552
45-492.60.5%122,031
50-540.40.1%14,203