Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2027

Southern Asia
2027
Total fertility rate: 2.15
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia is projected at 2.15 children per woman in 2027 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (143 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.9 years old. In total, 36,703,859 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.15
Births
36,703,859
Births per 1,000 people
17.3
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
2,127,237,645
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%22,849
15-1922.05.1%1,978,634
20-24125.529.2%11,157,426
25-29143.433.3%12,451,982
30-3488.520.6%7,283,282
35-3935.98.3%2,788,881
40-4412.12.8%874,023
45-492.10.5%132,858
50-540.30.1%13,922