Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2044

Southern Asia
2044
Total fertility rate: 1.98
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2044  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia is projected at 1.98 children per woman in 2044 — 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, 33,818,310 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.98
Births
33,818,310
Births per 1,000 people
13.9
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
2,431,360,424
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%5,986
15-1913.63.4%1,164,213
20-2495.524.1%8,042,976
25-29138.735.0%11,803,687
30-3497.924.7%8,496,760
35-3936.59.2%3,151,632
40-4411.52.9%986,005
45-491.90.5%151,216
50-540.20.1%15,831