Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2028

Southern Asia
2028
Total fertility rate: 2.13
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia is projected at 2.13 children per woman in 2028 — 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, 36,583,188 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.13
Births
36,583,188
Births per 1,000 people
17.0
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
2,148,104,121
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
10-140.20.1%20,712
15-1921.25.0%1,909,286
20-24123.128.9%10,912,946
25-29143.033.5%12,513,764
30-3489.020.8%7,382,045
35-3935.88.4%2,812,461
40-4412.02.8%882,748
45-492.10.5%135,178
50-540.30.1%14,040