Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2031

Southern Asia
2031
Total fertility rate: 2.09
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2031  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia is projected at 2.09 children per woman in 2031 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.1 years old. In total, 36,281,078 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.09
Births
36,281,078
Births per 1,000 people
16.4
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
2,209,440,536
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
10-140.20.0%15,751
15-1919.34.6%1,708,774
20-24116.927.9%10,367,033
25-29142.133.9%12,501,536
30-3490.821.7%7,738,360
35-3935.78.5%2,889,230
40-4411.92.8%904,226
45-492.00.5%141,415
50-540.30.1%14,746