Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2036

Southern Asia
2036
Total fertility rate: 2.04
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2036  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia is projected at 2.04 children per woman in 2036 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (141 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 35,522,358 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.04
Births
35,522,358
Births per 1,000 people
15.4
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
2,304,291,436
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
10-140.10.0%10,529
15-1916.64.1%1,437,109
20-24107.826.4%9,431,176
25-29141.434.6%12,382,365
30-3493.122.8%8,128,534
35-3935.98.8%3,033,970
40-4411.72.9%936,638
45-491.90.5%146,281
50-540.20.1%15,758