Fertility in Southern Asia, 2019

Southern Asia
2019
Total fertility rate: 2.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 2.35 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (153 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 37,775,996 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.35
Births
37,775,996
Births per 1,000 people
19.3
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.1
Population
1,961,729,204
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
10-140.50.1%42,589
15-1927.85.9%2,515,674
20-24143.830.6%12,317,296
25-29153.032.6%12,441,696
30-3491.119.4%6,957,838
35-3938.28.1%2,601,567
40-4413.12.8%767,108
45-492.30.5%119,381
50-540.30.1%12,835