Fertility in Southern Asia, 2021

Southern Asia
2021
Total fertility rate: 2.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia was 2.26 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (147 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 37,130,648 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.26
Births
37,130,648
Births per 1,000 people
18.5
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
2,003,263,428
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
10-140.40.1%38,728
15-1926.85.9%2,424,443
20-24137.730.4%12,036,278
25-29147.132.5%12,161,024
30-3488.219.5%6,879,399
35-3937.28.2%2,665,713
40-4412.92.8%790,350
45-492.30.5%121,864
50-540.30.1%12,853