Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2039

Southern Asia
2039
Total fertility rate: 2.01
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2039  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia is projected at 2.01 children per woman in 2039 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (140 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 34,864,638 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.01
Births
34,864,638
Births per 1,000 people
14.8
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
2,355,672,129
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%8,425
15-1915.43.8%1,319,823
20-24102.425.4%8,822,225
25-29140.334.8%12,259,143
30-3494.923.6%8,236,805
35-3935.88.9%3,101,798
40-4411.62.9%952,441
45-491.90.5%148,045
50-540.20.1%15,927