Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2042

Southern Asia
2042
Total fertility rate: 1.99
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia is projected at 1.99 children per woman in 2042 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.6 years old. In total, 34,232,724 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.99
Births
34,232,724
Births per 1,000 people
14.2
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
2,402,646,965
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%6,821
15-1914.43.6%1,228,029
20-2498.324.7%8,333,350
25-29139.234.9%11,962,279
30-3496.924.3%8,441,209
35-3936.09.0%3,117,390
40-4411.52.9%978,033
45-491.90.5%149,679
50-540.20.1%15,929