Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Southern Asia, 2046

Southern Asia
2046
Total fertility rate: 1.97
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2046  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Southern Asia is projected at 1.97 children per woman in 2046 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.7 years old. In total, 33,427,436 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.97
Births
33,427,436
Births per 1,000 people
13.6
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
2,458,194,729
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%5,295
15-1913.03.3%1,106,593
20-2492.823.6%7,827,091
25-29138.335.1%11,638,111
30-3498.925.1%8,493,160
35-3937.09.4%3,202,940
40-4411.42.9%984,740
45-491.90.5%153,771
50-540.20.1%15,726