Fertility in Southern Asia, 2026

Southern Asia
2026
Total fertility rate: 2.16
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia is projected at 2.16 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.8 years old. In total, 36,828,005 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.16
Births
36,828,005
Births per 1,000 people
17.5
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
2,106,270,434
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
10-140.30.1%25,353
15-1922.85.3%2,055,320
20-24128.029.5%11,417,965
25-29143.733.2%12,369,716
30-3488.120.3%7,186,108
35-3935.98.3%2,766,839
40-4412.22.8%862,297
45-492.20.5%130,618
50-540.30.1%13,795